Battle of Antietam

from the war that has just ended. The legislative and executive branches eventually came to blows over the use of power. The nation was being altered which caused, and later repaired, a broken Union. One month after the Union victory in the Battle of Antietam, Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation warning that in all states still in rebellion on January 1, 1863, would have to declare their slaves, “and forever free them.” January 1 came, and with it the final proclamation, which forced the government

Lincoln and the Second American Revolution “Abraham Lincoln and The Second American Revolution”, written by James M. McPherson, one of America’s historians. McPherson has also written,” Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era”, “Tried by War: Abraham Lincoln as Commander-in-Chief”, “Crossroads of Freedom: Antietam” and many other history related books. “Abraham Lincoln and The Second American Revolution” consists of seven essays throughout on important themes in American history and unusual standpoints

I got to know my saint, Clarissa Harlow Barton through a variety of mediums. These included books from the Regis College library as well as online articles, poems, biography videos and documentaries. Along with these various sources I found through my research images of Clara. These images ranged from self portraits at different ages in her life to her working in the field as well as teaching students in a classroom. Clarissa Harlow Barton was born on December 25th of 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts

Austin Leishman Political Science 1100 Dr. Michael Petersen Abraham Lincoln I chose to do my research project on one of our presidents and the president I chose is Abraham Lincoln. I chose to do it on Lincoln because in my eyes and in the eyes of many other people, he was our nation 's greatest president. He was considered our greatest president for everything he was and stood for and for all the things he did for our country. The first thing people should know about lincoln is that he did not

exist. Lincoln knew he would not get enough support and that the four slave-holding states in the North would turn against him. As a result, the Civil War began in 1861 with more of a political purpose in keeping the union together rather than a battle for human freedom. Slaveholders could not turn to the Union’s side because slaves were valuable and played a vital role to

The American Civil War was the bloodiest war in American history, and the impact was felt on many levels. Various estimates put the deaths during the Civil War at between 600,000 and 700,000. The last figure is the result of better research of existing death records and casualty lists (Isenhour). In order to understand the complexity of the Civil War, one must understand Abraham Lincoln. Abraham Lincoln was elected in 1860 (History 1). He was elected as the 16th president (History 1). After

Clara Barton’s Influences as a Prominent Nurse Leader Sara Kibbey Cleveland State University Abstract Clara Barton is a prominent nurse leader. She provided care and supplies for troops in the Civil War and had the government pass a treaty to equally protect people internationally during wartime crises. Barton’s most widely known accomplishment was forming the American Red Cross. The organization implements her ideals of providing equal care during natural disasters and wartime crises. Barton is

Additionally, there will be discussion of the pro-team of the team, the process of their research, the reason why they lost, and what could be improved. The date is December 1st, 1862; the Union has recently witnessed the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, Antietam. Walking in front of Congress, President Abraham Lincoln commencing his Second Annual Message to Congress as says these words, "We know we are the Union. The World will not forget that we say this. We-even we here- hold the future, and

created borders, and made the U.S. a sovereign nation. The Emancipation Proclamation was an executive order made by President Lincoln that freed slaves in rebellious states. The Emancipation Proclamation was signed on January 1, 1863 after the Battle of Antietam in Maryland. The main reason why this executive order had been issued was because slavery was still prevalent prior to January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation was significant because it had abolished slavery in rebellious states. Mary

cemeteries, burial details or messengers of loss. The army didn’t have the mechanisms needed to handle the amount of deaths the nation was gonna experience. It was the bloodiest conflict and there had been an unprecedented violence of battles such as Gettysburg, Shiloh and Antietam. “The Civil war was America’s costliest war, with 623,000 dead, with approximately 33,000 from Pennsylvania.” The wounded individuals were amputees that struggled to overcome the perceptions of disabled as less than members of