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    fatal battle in United States History, the American Civil War. The Civil war was a conflict in the nation that the people could never forget. It was a war that costed the lives of the many in the year 1861 to 1865 during the time of the nation’s 16th President, Abraham Lincoln. It was a conflict that arose between dividing states, the Northern free states and Southern slaves states which also referred to as the Union and the Confederate states. “The War Between the States” is another term for the

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    Women Of The Civil War

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    challenged the role of the women and took on different roles. While the men marched off to war, the women had to work hard and try to provide for their families. Women became doctors, spies, nurses, couriers, and even soldiers. Both the Union and Confederate armies did not allow the enlistment of women. The women soldiers assumed the role of the man. By disguising themselves as a man, they took up arms and charged into battle (Blanton, 1993, p. 1). It is estimated that about four hundred women disguised

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    resign. (history.com) Another women activists was someone who was brave and strong enough to actually fight in the war. Sarah Emma Edmonds was someone that went undercover. Her father was very mean to her so she decided to immigrate to the United states as a man. She took the name Franklin Thompson. She worked as a traveling bible salesman.

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    was small, it truly was an excellent university. It had been expanded to include classes in business and law, with plans for a medical school and engineering school (Tankersley 137). Additionally, Oglethorpe offered the first night classes in the state of Georgia, allowing a larger range of people to engage their intellect on the collegiate level (Hudson). Despite the intellectual vigour it brought to Atlanta, by 1872 Oglethorpe was closed by its Trustees due to near bankruptcy (Tankersley

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    The Battle Of The Civil War

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    There have been many generals that have served under their respective sides during the Civil War. Generals that come into mind are the Confederates Robert E. Lee, who is arguably the best general to have ever served in the Civil War, Ulysses S. Grant who was one of the finest Union generals that Abraham Lincoln found, but there was one general that turned the chapter for the union in the Civil War, William T. Sherman. The Union underwent a stage where they needed help badly. They had absolutely no

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    Webster Jr. was born on March 22, 1822, in Newhaven, Sussex County, England, the fourth of eleven children born to Timothy and Frances Webster. Two of the children died in infancy and one at the age of two. The Websters immigrated to the United States in 1830 and settled in Princeton, New Jersey. Timothy was eight. For a time Webster’s life was typical enough. At nineteen he married twenty-three year old Charlotte Sprowls. A year later their first child, a son, was born. They would have four

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    Death, violence, unnecessary arrests. What do all these things have in common? These words are all results of protesters trying to take down Confederate monuments across the United States of America. Why People Want the Statues Removed June 17, 2015 will be a day remembered in history as a tragic event that brought awareness to our Confederate past. According to CNN, Dylann Roof, a white supremacist, shot and killed 9 people who were part of Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in South Carolina

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    The Civil War was an unusual war- and the odds were very bleak for the Confederacy at the start, yet they won most of the conflicts early on. The reason the confederates were not immediately beaten is largely due to the impressive tactical genius that they brought to the battlefield which allowed them to outmaneuver and slow Union forces until they finally ran out of money, soldiers, and supplies. The Civil War had almost the same number of casualties as all other wars in US history combined (McPherson

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    the Union Army of the Potomac and the Confederate Virginia Army from 26 June through 2 July. The campaign consisted of the following six battles: Mechanicsville, Gaines ' Mill, and Savage Station, engagement at Oak Swamp Bridge, and battles of Frazier 's Farm and Malvern Hill over a seven-day period. Major General George B. McClellan led the Union Army of nearly 104,000 soldiers, while the newly appointed commander, General Robert Edward Lee led the Confederate Army of nearly 92,000 soldiers during

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    Essay On Killer Angels

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    of both Union army and Confederate Army of Northern Virginia leaders who were in battle there. The novel is laid out in days and each new chapter for the day gives a number and the name of the man who is the focus of the chapter. In Killer Angels, the Army of Northern Virginia’s demise is highlighted by a few different features. The failing health and age of Robert E. Lee served to distract him from military obligations, the advantage point the Union side had over Confederate Army at the Battle of

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