Time Travel To 1860 Research Paper

The subject that I chose for my research project was “The First Rhode Island Regiment”. When looking through the ominous list, I narrowed down my options to things that I have something in common with and that I would enjoy learning about. The thing that struck me about the “The First Rhode Island Regiment” was that their nickname was the “Marbleheaders”. Being a Marbleheader, I naturally wanted to learn about the history that connects my town to a regiment formed in Rhode Island, so I did some light research on them. After this, I knew that it was the first regiment composed of men of color in the Continental Army. This regiment was obviously a major point of change in the American Revolution, so I knew that I needed to learn more. I am confident

How did they prepare the food? The Union soldiers and the Confederate soldiers had a fairly same diet, but they also had some foods different because of the area they lived in. Whichever side you are on you had to cook your meals on hot stones or by an exposed fire.

Calcium floodlights were mainly used by the Union soldiers as made it easy to see and they soldiers were able to blind Confederate soldiers (8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). One of the more creative weapons was a blanket used by Confederate soldiers (8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). As strange as this sounds, the Confederate soldiers used the blanket to catch explosives and throw it back in the enemy's direction. My personal favorite weapon used was a hot air balloon. It was shocking when it say that hot air balloons were used to give a large view of the battlefield. (Appendix A) This was more commonly a Union weapon as the Confederacy lacked good, quality materials to build a durable balloon (“8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). Like the machine guns and swords, rockets were actually used in the Civil War (“8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). Although there were very few appearances from rockets, they still did help play a part by doing their job! The Confederacy used Congreve rockets as well (“Weapons”). They were around three feet and two inches long and filled with gunpowder. Although they could be powerful, they missed quite often and were pretty useless (“Weapons”). Used by both the Confederacy and the Union, underwater mines were useful to blow up the opponent's ship. Although the Union tried the underwater mines, the Confederacy had more success as they blew up dozens of the Union’s ships while the Union blew up only six Confederate ships (“8 Unusual Civil War

African Americans have come a very long way from 1865; they have fought many battles to earn their place in America’s Society. From the ending of slavery African Americans have had various achievements from their suffering. Some fought, some spoke, some marched, some sat, some cried, some died, some even dreamed, but all of these things left a footprint in history. In this paper I will discuss some very important events in African American history beginning with the ending of slavery which has brought us to the America we all enjoy today.

The text “The Negro's Civil War: How American Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union”, by James Mcpherson, gave me great research information on the 54th Regiment Massachusetts Infantry. McPherson tells African-American history using their feelings and actions during the Civil War as his evidence. Specifically, the book contains many letters written by heroes of this time period to tell the story forgotten by the United States. Teachers usually focus on famous battles and strategies of the two sides during the war. However, students could have grasp a better history of the war if given a broader sense of the account-which can only accomplished when one gains more knowledge on who were most affected by the war, American Blacks.

The Civil War, also called The War Between the States, was one of the bloodiest wars in American history. What made the Civil War such a massacre? The Civil War was such a bloodbath because the technological advances were so far superior to the tactics of the infantry, that the weapons virtually obliterated the soldiers. Soldiers would form lines known as a battalions. In these battalions, soldiers would basically march to their deaths. In addition to weapons doing so much damage, fortification on the battlefield was far more advanced than had ever been before. The Cheveau-de-frise was the main focus of armored fortification in the Civil War. This fortification consisted of 10 to 12 foot

There are many inventions from the Civil War that we have improved upon and that we still use today. Some of these inventions include hot air balloons, Long-Range Weapons, Warships, torpedoes, and the Gatling Gun. But three inventions from the Civil War that we still use today are railroads, telegraphs, and Long- Range Weapons. Today, though all these have been improved upon, these inventions are still used to help our country grow.

During the Civil War there was many deadly effective weapons that killed 1,264,000 Americans. Some weapons used were from the Revolutionary War such as the single loading musket. There was also many technological advances such as the Spencer Repeating Rifle to the Gatling Gun. These and many more of the Civil War weapons made this war so deadly.

Amongst the most lasting of factors stemming from the Civil War are the weapons that were developed. Before the Civil War, the weapons used were highly unreliable, and were not advanced enough to provide the needed defense for a young nation such as our own. Innovative minds created many interesting ways to demolish their enemies without ever having to fire a shot or go into full combat through different types of bombs that were in disguise. Among the advancements in the Civil War were the torpedo, the carbine rifle, the minie` ball, several models of rifle-muskets, rocket launchers, rocket bombs, "Greek Fire," and a wide array of other secret weapons.

When it came time to determining what topics would be covered in United States Civil War lesson plan, I found guidance from the Advance Placement United States History: Themes & Notes, which I used in high school for an American history class and the online version of The Americans textbook. Both have sections of information on the United States Civil War and as I was creating the lesson plan, I went through both sources and looked to see what topics and themes were in both sources. Whatever seemed essential became the guide for each weeks plan and the handouts for each week.

One of the biggest needs for soldiers during the ruthless Civil War was weaponry. Both Union and Confederate soldiers needed large amounts of firearms, knives, and swords. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad transported both the materials to create these weapons (copper, steel, etc.) and the finished weapons themselves. Weapons were also considered when it came to guerilla warfare. Armed civilians or uncertified men who wanted to exchange blows in war would scour the earth for anything that brought pain. They used military style tactics

I'm researching William t .Sherman you will be learning about his hole in tier life. During the civil war there was transportation and the civil war had big marches and horses.The horse Pooled equipment and there supplies like there cooking, gear and they were and he got pooled by there horses and wagon's also there was slavery.Another thing is what you are going to learn about William t. Sherman life and impertinent stuff. Also his place of birth is Lancaster Ohio.

During the time of the Civil war, Pistols, and other basic handheld, guns were very popular, for a soldier to have. It was known for its capability of hitting a target from a short distance. Before people started changing the way weapons were, a small handheld pistol gun, that held one bullet, was considered, “the best” before, innovations, were performed. infantry soldiers would use muskets with one bullet at a time, shooting as far as 250 yards. However, if exact persistent location for the bullet to hit is needed, 80 yards would be the furthest distance to shoot from. If a soldier had a pistol as his main weapon, commanders, and generals, taught them different war tactics on getting closer, to your target to be within the 80 yards, with a pistol.

     Riffles were another major contribution to the war, as far as weapons were concerned. The union forces had One of the most popular riffles was the Model 1861 Springfield Musket. The Springfield Musket weighed 9.25 pounds, had a twenty-one inch socket bayonet, and fired a .58 caliber mine ball traveling 950 feet per second. Riffled Muskets, which were also known as Enfields, were the second most popular riffles in the war. These Enfields, had a bore diameter of .557 inches, and weighed nine pounds three ounces. They were accurate at 800 yards, and could travel up to 1,100 yards without any difficulty. During the course of the war, 400,000 Enfields were sold to the Union troops, whereas a mere 20,000 were purchased by the confederate army. Although this weapons wasn’t as popular as the Springfield, the Enfield still packed a powerful punch at 1,100 yards (Ripley 43).

To assess the subjects that you have been given to research information on Civil War events. The subjects that you are asked to go over are slavery what it was during the time of the Civil war and what occurred throughout slavery at that time, The Amnesty Proclamation given by Abraham Lincoln stating his postwar, lastly the Siege of Vicksburg leading Militaries to destroy it by Ulysses S. Grant. Each event occurred during the time the Civil War was occurring.