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    uniforms, so often pierced with bullets from the other side, were proudly donned by the men of this nation from 1861 until 1865. These men fought tirelessly and honorably for their beliefs, and throughout each battle, carried the battle flag of the Confederacy. Throughout the Civil War, this flag took six different forms, for design flaws led to confusion on the battlefield. Each soldier, standing tall, did not fight for a flag, but under it. As an emblem of courage and honor, and a representation of

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    The Iroquois Confederacy

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    • Iroquois Confederacy’s origins date back about C.E. 1400. • Most communities all people were equal; but in some they were split up into social ranks. The First Americans, ca. 13,000-2500 B.C.E. • Scientific findings suggest the first humans were from northeastern Asia during the last Ice Age. Peopling New Worlds • During the Ice Age the people moved to warmer climates traveling the coastline from Serbia to Alaska and going southward along the Pacific Coast. • People who spoke the language Athapaskan

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    Alexander H. Stephens was the Vice President of the Confederate States of America at the time he wrote and spoke his The Cornerstone of the Confederacy He said this speak on March 21, 1861 in Savannah Georgia. Alexander H. Stephens was a Georgian gentleman who served on Congress and became the Vice President to the Confederate States of America. Before this split of the nation though Stephens started his career as a member of the Whig Party. At the time he stuck out because most of the south affiliated

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    44. The Iroquois Confederacy was an alliance of several tribes between 1570 and 1600: Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, and later, Tuscarora. Its goal was to provide peace for its members and to conquer other groups; it stood out from other confederacies because it was better organized. The Constitution of the Iroquois Nation states that the main goal of the confederacy was to promote peace. They allied with the British and were enemies of the Algonquians and Hurons, who allied with the

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    The Defeat of The Confederacy Essay

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    There were several reasons for the defeat of the Confederacy which included no industrial base, (Donald 1996, p. 99) inadequate transportation net (Donald, 1996, p. 99), and bickering among the generals (McPherson & Hogue, 2009, p. 365) etc., but the overriding factor was that the Confederacy never became a nation (Donald, 1996, p. 100). That is, they seceded because the Southern states believed they had the right as independent States to do so (Donald, 1996, p. 7). The South lost because they

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    Chapter 1. Warriors in the mist The novel tells the old tale of the mighty ‘Sparrowhawk’, a heroic dragon lord and Archmage. Sparrowhawk, who was originally named Duny is the son of a bronze-smith, and his mother died when he was not even a year old, he lived in a small lonely village named Ten Alders on the island of Gont. Duny, without any tenderness, grew up becoming a wild thriving boy, his personality helped him achieve many major events. Early in his childhood, around the age of seven, Duny

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    10 Most Remarkable Posthumously Published Books How to deal with an author’s unpublished work after death is a much debated issue. Many famous authors have had their works published after their death, some with their blessings and others against their explicitly stated wishes. Nabokov didn't want The Original of Laura to be released. He had instructed his son Dmitri in his will to destroy the manuscript but Dmitiri wasn't inclined to obey, inciting a debate over which is more important — an author's

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    The Union and Confederacy experienced a similar level of hardship during the Civil War because men from both sides were forced to endure horrific conditions that deprived them of confidence and happiness. In a letter written to his wife on July of 1861, Joseph Milton Elkins brings the battlefield alive through emphasis on the emotional state of American soldiers and their families. As depicted by his writing, negativity became the center of control of the men's lives, for the war left permanent scars

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    The provincial basis for Confederacy was a vital component of unifying the various differences between Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritimes. In this instance, the religious and ethnic conflict in the Quebec Resolutions was based on the inability of Francophone or religious groups to put forth grievances under the British construct of Upper and Lower Canada. In this instance, the bonding part of the new Confederacy would have to allow greater provincial autonomy to oppose any biases against Francophone

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    possibly our finest Commander in Chief. The Civil War has remained so compelling to Americans because of its unique nature, how its history should be viewed, and the historical impact of the war’s famous actors. The idea of the “Lost Cause of the Confederacy” is one that has informed many aspects of southern life in the years succeeding the Civil War.

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