...Lincoln was a great statesman, he proved this through the changes he brought not only for the country but for the people as well. He was able to bring together a nation that was divided between the free and the enslaved. Lincoln had the ability to withstand many difficulties that came his way and not be put down every time he came face to face with frustration. He demonstrated his leadership by acknowledging his weaknesses, control his emotions, and ability to communicate his goals and visions for the future. Lincoln, like every other person, had flaws. He was the type of person to not want to hurt anyone, which turned out to be his greatest strength but also his greatest weakness. He was always the type of person to give people second or even third chances, but this weak spot soon showed how disastrous it could be for the entire country. He had a general named George McClellan who was the head of the Union Army and turned out to be insubordinate. Lincoln’s weakness came to show damage when his inability to fire McClellan led to lost wars as stated in the article Leadership Lessons from Abraham Lincoln by Diane Coutu, “But in the end it was his inability to hurt people that made Lincoln keep McClellan on far too long. As a result, battles were lost, and thousands of soldiers died who might have lived had Lincoln fired McClellan earlier.” Lincoln failed to dismiss General McClellan because he didn’t believe he had the ability to run his own military, let alone wage war. He took...
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...The Battle of New Market The Battle of New Market took place on May 15, 1864 on a Sunday. The battle took place in Virginia at the Shenandoah Valley during the Valley Campaigns of 1864. With the battle being in Virginia and the desperate need of more personnel and firepower the Cadets from Virginia Military Institute fought beside the Confederate army defeat of the Union Army invasion that was led by General Franz Sigel. The Cadets from Virginia Military Institute is what brought Julian Edward Wood to fight in this battle even though he was suspended in January for being absent from barracks after taps he was reinstated the next month in time for this gruesome battle. Wood was the corporal of Company C and was the one who carried the Virginia Military Institute flag into battle. The weather conditions were awful it was rainy and the field was extremely muddy which is why the nickname the Battle of Lost Shoes came to be because the soldiers wearing used shoes even if they weren’t their size, supplies were low and the need for shoes made no other option, and they were lost in the mud from how deep and sloppy it was. Another nickname for the battle was The Battle of Cradle. Along with Wood were 247 teenage Virginia Military Institute cadets who had no battle experience on that Sunday and they held a sector of the confederate front line against an assault by federal troops. And the story of the Blue Chip comes up because it came to be from one of Wood’s closest friends giving him...
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...November 11th , 1864. By this point in the American Civil War, roughly half of a million American soldiers had perished as a result of the three yearlong war that had been waged between the Union forces of the North, and the Confederate Army of the South. General Sherman had just captured Atlanta, and proceeded to destroy the business district, as well as other strategic sites, leaving Atlanta in ruins. Tired of the War, and of the senseless deaths, Sherman devised a plan to bring the war to hasty end. He intended to march through the heart of the South, and engage in conventional, as well as psychological warfare, creating such destruction as to crush the will of the south to continue its campaign. On November 6th, 1864 General Sherman wrote...
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...Andersonville Prison Camp Throughout the war people would capture prisoners. The Andersonville prison camp (now known as Camp Sumter) was built in 1864 by Andersonville, Georgia. Meant for only 10,000 soldiers, by June it housed 26,000 soldiers on only 26 acres. The largest number of people they held was in August 1864 with 33,000 soldiers. The Commander was Captain Henry Wirz. As the Camp got bigger they added more land but couldn't keep up with how many soldiers they were getting. Andersonville prison camp was the south’s largest prison of captured Union soldiers. In February 1864, the camp started to get soldiers. On February 25, 1864 100 soldiers escaped. That's when they started high level security and made them live in tents (stitched together blankets and wood scraps)....
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...The Miscegenation Hoax Though the Civil War was ravaging the countryside, and union soldiers were fighting and falling in what would become the bloodiest of all American wars, the political rivalry between democrats and republicans was not curtailed. In fact, the impending election in 1864 would heighten tensions, and the methods that would be utilize to besmirch and defame the opposing party, in some respects, were unorthodox. President Lincoln was campaigning for his second term and his democratic opposition were seeking to discredit him by any means possible. One of the primary methods utilized was to attack his supposed love for the recently freed African-Americans. The “great emancipator” was condemned and criticized by many for emancipating the slaves, and not supporting a regime that promoted a racial hierarchy and white supremacy. The war that had begun in order to save the Union had been transformed into a war for African American liberty, and to many, that was unacceptable. The democratic opposition worried that this new caste of Freedmen would become a powerful force, one that could potentially alter the entire social structure of American society. Moreover, the opponents to emancipation and black equality were also concerned with the sanctity and purity of white blood and many feared that another term under Lincoln would mean that “compulsory marriage of white and black had finally become the main plan in the republican platform.” To that end, two New York...
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...In 1864, when four temporary governments had fought to remain in power, an alliance was built promising union with the Atlantic colonies. With support from three of the Province of Canada's four major political teams, the alliance gave Confederation a boost that it never lost. The alliance of Canada West's two principal teams, led by John A. Macdonald (Conservatives) and patron saint Brown (Clear Grits), meant that Confederation proceeded with support from British North America's most thickly settled region. (03/30/2016) In Canada East, even though A.A. Dorion's Parti Rouge was against Confederation, it was backed up by the superior political group, the Conservatives under George-Etienne Cartier, Hector Langevin and Alexander Tilloch Galt. By 1867...
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...professor at West Point He first started out as a soldier then went to Gettysburg. After Gettysburg For his courageous fighting he was appointed brigadier-general of artillery Alexander died April 28, 1910 he was 74 years old. From Washington, GA Robert Gould Shaw was born October 10, 1837 He was the Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts the very first only colored regiment Shaw wrote many letters to his wife and his family. Most of his letters were turned into A book called the “Blue-eyed child of fortune” He died July 18, 1863 at the age of 25 General Sherman was sent through Atlanta and to end in Savannah. During this march he was to tear up railroads and destroy crops and take down buildings. This march was from September 1864 to December 1864. This was key to the union winning the Civil war. Over 165,000 soldiers participate in the largest battle in the Western Hemisphere. After three days of fighting, Lee retreats, leaving 4,000 dead Confederates. Total casualties: 23,000 Union, 28,000 Confederates The turning point for the union in the Civil war Seven states formed the Confederacy, wrote their own constitution, and planed for an independent nation The south was against abolitionist and when Lincoln was elected to office they thought he was an abolitionist that is why those states succeeded. This is a turning point because if they had never seceded there would had been no problem and the Civil war. November 6, 1860 - Abraham Lincoln, who had declared...
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...The poems in Luci Tapahonso's A Radiant Curve inhabit a world defined by a fusion of the history of colonization with traditional Navajo stories of creation. The poem “In 1864” remembers the Long Walk in the course of a car trip that apparently retraces part of the ancestors’ journey into exile. Published in 1993 with Tapahonso's collection Sáanii Dahataat: The Women Are Singing, the poem claims a terrible piece of Navajo history in order to remember and mourn the people’s suffering. “In 1864” continues and responds to the oral tradition, and does so in ways that are both structurally and thematicly advances the decolonization imperitive. By retelling the story to a new generation, it confirms Navajo continuance and thus constitutes as an...
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...Fundamentals of Nevada History Joseph Marlo C. Guilas September 23, 2013 Nevada and U.S. Constitution Mr. Rulon Huntsman Abstract The Nevada constitution was framed by a convention of delegates chosen by the people. The convention met at Carson City on July 4, 1864, and adjourned on July 28 of the same year. On the 1st Wednesday of September 1864, the constitution was approved by the vote of the people of the Territory of Nevada, and on October 31, 1864, President Lincoln proclaimed that the State of Nevada was admitted into the Union on an equal footing with the original states. Nevada’s history of race relations in the 1950s and 1960s was compared by journalists and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) to that of some southern American states, notably Mississippi. Although not as formalized in law Nevada still provided many examples of racism against minorities in housing, employment, and public accommodation. Early beginnings of the civil rights movement in Nevada can be traced at least as far back as 1959 when planning for the February 1960 Winter Olympic Games at Squaw Valley was underway. The U.S. Justice Department was concerned because of the impact racial discrimination in public accommodations might have on international visitors and was anxious that nothing should occur to mar or blot that event. Likewise, the California Attorney General was concerned because Olympic visitors would be visiting...
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...capital to developed cities along the “Manufacturing Belt”, potentially fueling the growth of factories and the populist movement after the Civil War. JEL: (E22, G21, N21) Keywords: Free Banking, National Banking, U.S. Economic History, Bank Regulation. † Dept. of Economics, Vanderbilt University, VU Station B #351819, 2301 Vanderbilt Place, Nashville, TN 37235-1819. Tel.: 214-284-9558 E-mail: matthew.s.jaremski@vanderbilt.edu 1. Introduction Bank regulators walk a delicate tightrope. On one hand, they must stabilize the financial system to prevent future crises. On the other, they must allow bank expansion to facilitate future economic growth. Attempting to reform the free banking system, the National Banking Acts of 1863 and 1864 has been criticized for its failure to achieve either of these goals. Cagan (1963), West (1974), and Livingston (1986) argue that it created an inelastic money supply and a risky reserve structure. Whereas, Davis (1965) and Sylla (1969) argue that its high requirements prevented liquidity from reaching rural areas. Using a new bank-level census, this paper examines how the legislation changed the...
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...treated slaves during this time era. Even though it is a part of history, I do not take joy in discussing this issue because this topic gets me upset with the concept of slavery and how it dehumanizes others. Thesis: Sherman’s “March to the Sea” in 1864 is justifiable to his actions, because he executed his aspirations to shatter the Confederacy’s strategies, financial, and mental capacity for continuing war, thus concluding to an imminent victory for the Union of the Civil War. Introductory Paragraph: Sherman’s “March to Sea” was a pivotal campaign to help conclude the end of the Civil War. Atlanta was taken over from the forces of Sherman’s army in the beginning of 1864; Sherman committed to drive away the Confederate troops over the next couple of weeks in efforts to pursue them through Georgia in a crafty attempt to engage in battle. The Confederate's evaded Sherman from pursuit of combat, but Sherman adjusted and decisively refined to a different strategy by hindering the South’s financial aspect and framework of transportation. General Sherman also used other strategies to terrify civilians and stir more chaos in his march across Confederate territory....
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...controversial than the Confederate capture of Ft. Pillow. While the basic facts show an inordinate number of the slain victims were African American, the question still lingers as to why that is and if any one person can be held responsible, namely Confederate General N.B. Forrest. While the speculation is rife, the answer is not simple and evidence as a whole would seem to point to many contributing factors and not the lone actions of one man. Ft. Pillow, located approximately forty miles north of Memphis, Tennessee separated from the Mississippi River by bluffs and a narrow ravine, was originally a Confederate fort. The base structure was crude earth but upon being occupied by Union forces had been enlarged. On the morning of April 12th, 1864 Confederate forces led by General N.B. Forrest, a former slave trader, moved in on the fort. After swiftly gaining the advantageous high ground surrounding the fort, Confederate sharpshooters proceeded to pick off Union troops while remaining out of reach of the nearby gunboat, the New Era. Included in the initial casualties was Major Lionel Booth, commander of the Union force. The Confederate forces continued a...
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...Sherman’s March to the Sea: War Tactics This march helped end the Civil War in 1865. With many battles fought, the Union thought it had no chance in winning the war until the capture of Atlanta, Georgia. This boosted the morale of the Union and it helped the men fight back and continue on. The Union was lead by General Ulysses Grant and under him was General William T. Sherman. General Sherman started his campaign to take Atlanta in May of 1864. He formed three armies, and for about three months moving south it causes the Confederates to fall back further into Georgia. The Confederate’s General Joseph Johnson was replaced by General John Hood because Johnson was not showing any willingness to fight back at the Union. Then after many battles Sherman wins the victory, and claims the city of Atlanta on September 1, 1864. He moved into the capitol building the very next day. With the capture of Atlanta, President Abraham Lincoln was re-elected as president, after many had thought that the Confederate promises will win the election for the democrats.(militaryhistory.about.com) For the next two months Sherman campaign to go south into enemy territories. With the approval from President Lincoln, Sherman splits up his army into two groups, the Left and Right Wing, they head towards to the capture of Savannah. On November 15 the armies started marching south; the Left Wing went to Augusta, while the Right Wing went to Macon, causing the Confederate army to split as well. (ourgeorgiahistory...
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...In 1864, congress debated several proposals that would prevent discrimination against blacks. It borrowed from the Northwest Ordinance of 1787, when slavery was banned from the area North of the Ohio River. The senate passed the amendment in April of 1864. A Republican victory in the 1864 presidential election would guarantee the success of the thirteenth amendment. The Republicans called for complete destruction of slavery, while the democrats favored restoration of states’ rights, which would include at least the possibility for the states to maintain slavery. Lincoln’s plan set in motion the events leading to the ratification of the amendment. The House passed the amendment in January 1865 and it was sent the to the states for approval. When the state of Georgia approved it on December 6, 1865, the institution of slavery no longer existed in the United States. After the amendment...
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...Alfred Enlisted in the army and his first battle was on december 13, 1862. This means that Alfred didn’t go into battle until 2 months and 21 days later. Training camp for the soldiers was hard because some of them had never held a gun before and then they had a hard time and they had to learn the strategy and it was hard for most of the upcoming soldiers. Alfred adjusted to the army better than some of the other soldiers because he was used to being pushed to his limits from being a laborer. Alfred was in a lot of battles for example he was in the fredericksburg 1862, Miskell 1863, Marye’s heights 1863, Salem Heights 1863, Gettysburg 1863, Funkstown 1863,gainesville 1863, Rappahannock Station 1863, Gilbert’s ford 1864, Winchester 1864, Fisher's Hill 1864, Cedar Creek 1864, Petersburg 1865, and Last of all Sailor’s Creek 1865. Alfred was a helpful person to have around and he was not one of the higher ranks but he still made a difference in the war. The battles were all different, some of the battle grounds had a lot of cover and others had limited space. It was hot out and you would be getting shot at and you would see you friends, family dying around you and you would be told to keep going. Alfred wasn’t killed in the war but he was captured. He was in the Richmond virginia prison camp for 11 days. He got out of the camp may, 15, 1863 and he didn’t return to the company until september and october. The conditions in the hospital were really bad there were limbs laying all around...
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