...The Divergent War The Divergent Series is based around the divisions of society during repercussions of a civil war that occurred in North America in a dystopian future when the population with impure genes began a battle to offset the population of those with pure genes . Also, during the novel Insurgent, Beatrice Prior and the other main characters from surrounding factions team up against the Erudite who are trying to control all people from the city. This creates yet another civil war. This series full of war and battles greatly relates to the topic of the exploding tension between the northern and southern states in regards to slavery, which resulted in the 1861 American Civil war. It all began after the election of Abraham Lincoln, an...
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...The Civil War was fought between the Northern and Southern parts of the United States of America, since there were many disputes between the two regions. The South called themselves the Confederates, while the North called themselves the Union army.2 The battle of Gettysburg was one of the most horrific battles of the Civil War. Over fifty thousand soldiers were found dead, wounded, or went missing in a period of three days, July 1-3 of 1863. That is the most number of casualties that has occurred during any battle in American history.3 The battle took place in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, where President Lincoln made a speech entitle the Gettysburg Address five months later, on November 19th of 1863.4 General Robert E. Lee, of the Confederate Army, decided to invade the North in June of 1863. Thus, Lee and his seventy-five-thousand-man army began to march towards Gettysburg, coming from Fredericksburg, Virginia. In order to make his troops more manageable, General Lee divided his army of two corps into three corps. James Longstreet was to command the First Corps, Lieutenant General Richard S. Ewell was put in charge of the Second Corps, and Lieutenant General A.P. Hill gained control of the Third Corps.5 Major General Joseph Hooker commanded the Union Army of Potomac. There were over ninety thousand men in his army. Later, President Abraham Lincoln would replace Hooker with Major General George G. Meade, since Hooker had proved to be a failure during the previous battles.6 ...
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...CIVIL WAR JOURNALS “My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, And is not either to save or destroy slavery” -Abraham Lincoln (1862) THE BACKGROUND CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WAR (C.W. JOURNAL #1). The Civil War wasn’t only about the fight of freedom for the black people, but also the economics, and the states against the federal rights, lead them to the call of battle. To me, they were important factors that people had their own desire of having the life they wanted. The Economic and social differences between the North and the South became more notable each day. The North needed the South, and the South needed the North. The southern economy was depending on cotton in which they needed the salves to work on. The North had the industries that purchased the raw cotton and turned them into finished goods. This created a major difference in economic attitude, and the North meant the change of society, evolved with different cultures and classes. Other fact that lead them to war was the disagreement the states had against the government. The government felt that the states should still have the right to decide if they were willing to accept certain federal acts. This resulted in the idea of nullification. When nullification would not work, the states felt that they were no longer respected and moved towards secession. ELECTION OF 1860 (C.W. JOURNAL #2). The Democratic Party split into Northern and Southern due the slavery issues. In the Northern democratic...
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...The Civil War had the largest death toll for any American war, nearly 620,000. The causes of the Civil War was caused by what is to be believed four main things, know as the four S's. The Civil War needed every solider to end it but some were truly amazing like the two presidents and the two generals of the warring sides. The Confederate and Union army had many battles throughout the war and the tide of war changed with each battle but some greatly changed the outcomes. The war's end came slower than it was thought to come and many great things came out of it like the end to slavery and the reconstruction of America. The Civil War commenced in order with the causes, the people who were a big impact, battles, and the results. There were many...
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...In this photographic print by Timothy O’Sullivan, decomposing corpses litter the ground after the Battle of Gettysburg (July 1-3, 1863). Innumerable amounts of the dead blanket the earth, stretching far beyond the misty horizon line. The clarity of the bodies in the foreground, reveal the stages of decomposition, and the violent nature of their deaths. The soldiers faces are swollen, mouths gone slack, and eyes upturned towards the sky as if praying to God. Their bodies are tangled like weeds, shoes and other valuables long pillaged. A single horse is seen in the background, domineering over the corpses on the field, as if one of the horsemen of the apocalypse. Three lone, shadowy figures also stand above the dead soldiers presumably deciding how to bury the insurmountable amount of fallen soldiers....
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...Alinne- Abraham Lincoln Caitlin- Total War Joseaf- Weapons Haylie- Battle of Gettysburg/Battle of Bull Run Facts about Abraham Lincoln: Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the united states of America Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 He became president in march of 1861 Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the united states of America He died on April 15, 1865 His goal was to stop slavery In 1846, he was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, where he gave the infamous Spot switch speech about the war that had begun with Mexico. He demanded President James K. Polk reveal the exact spot on American blood had been shed, starting the war, and whether that spot was on American or Mexican soil. Facts about Weapons: The...
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...During the Civil War, many military positions existed, and each person who held them had their own take on the war itself. The generals of the Civil War were constantly stressed and harrowed, for they controlled the direction of the war, and their actions, views, and opinions influenced not only the soldiers around them in battle, but the superintendence of this country. Their tactics and strategies set up the next battle ahead of them and decided if their side, The North or The South, was winning the Civil War. It was their perspectives that influenced the majority of American citizens. Without generals, the Civil War could not have been fought. For generals, the war was especially stressful. It was their responsibility to ensure that their regiment of soldiers knew what they were supposed to do. There was a great deal of responsibility for generals. At times, generals were responsible for the lives of hundreds or even thousands of men. In a way, they were also responsible for the lives of every person in America. They didn’t know when the war was going to end. With communication being extremely delayed, the war could have ended at any minute, and they would not have known. It could take days, weeks, or even months for information to reach them,...
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...Aside from disease and starvation, heavy gunnery has been the largest cause of wartime casualties. During the Civil War, artillery was used as a weapon of mass destruction and psychological warfare.(Source 1) The sight of the large weapons struck an enemy with fear, the noise of the cannon chilled to the bone, and impact from a projectile was most certainly fatal. The Civil War was a time of innovation in the artillery branch, more so on the Union side than the Confederate. With its more advanced industrial infrastructure, the Union was able to readily produce artillery weapons and thus held a significant advantage over the more rural and agricultural South. Artillery weapons were important in every battle, as they provided more firepower...
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...The battles during the American Civil War were some of the most brutal and massive battles fought on the soil of the United States of America, but no battle pales in comparison to the horror and immensity then that of the one fought in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. During the Battle one of the largest weighing factors was the use of the Field Artillery branch utilizing the howitzers and the different types of ammunitions, shot by the brave men who armed these howitzers. General Robert E. Lee led an Army of 28,000 Confederate Soldiers into the heart of the North with a determination to take control of the war. Little did General. Lee know that a battle would wage in the little town of Gettysburg, where 23,000 Union Soldiers led by General George...
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...1 History 1301 Central Texas College Selwyn Johnson The Battle of Bull Run Mr. Etheridge 2 The American Civil War (1861-1865) was a major war between the states of the United States, “The Union”, led by President Abraham Lincoln, who opposed the expansion of slavery and rejected any right to secession and the eleven Southern slave states that declared their secession and formed the Confederate States of America, led by President Jefferson Davis. (Carnes, Garraty, pg. 392) The First Battle of Bull Run (named after the closest body of water), also known as the First Battle of Manassas (named after the closest town), took place on July 21, 1861, and was the first major land battle of the American Civil War. Unseasoned Union Army troops under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell advanced against the Confederate Army under Brigadier General Joseph E. Johnston and P.G.T Beauregard at Manassas, Virginia, and despite early successes, were routed and forced to retreat back to Washington, D.C. (R.M Johnston) On the morning of July 21, divisions under David Hunter and Samuel P. Heintzelman crossed Sudley Springs and swept back the Confederate left flank. All that stood in the path of the 6,000 Union soldiers were Confederate Colonel Nathan Evans and his reduced brigade of 900 men. Evans had been informed of the Union flanking movement and had hastily led most of his men from their position fronting the Stone Brigade to a new location on the slopes of Matthews Hill, a...
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...millions of soldiers that fought in the civil war he did not die but if it was in the name of freedom from the war and from the south he would have gladly. I am glad that I got to know this man even though he lived over 150 years ago. Chapter two Daniel Currier was born in Bradford, Vermont in the year 1819. (Vermont in the Civil War) His mother's name was Sara Currier and she was married to a blacksmith named Abel Currier. Sara took care of Daniel, their only child and maintained the house. (Census Bureau, 1850) Daniel grew up in a nice family. Before the war he was married and became a farmer. He was spending lots of time on his farm tending to the fields. There were approximately 3,400 people...
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...Skip to main content Home Civil War Trust Learn Visit Preserve Give SEARCH About News Events Sign-up Login / Register DONATE Default History Cannon QUICK FACTS 10 Facts: The Battle of Chickamauga SHARE THIS September 18-20, 1863 Learn more about the Battle of Chickamauga, the Confederacy's greatest victory in the West. Fact #1: Chickamauga was the largest Confederate victory in the Western theater. Braxton Bragg Braxton Bragg Library of Congress At the end of a summer that had seen the disastrous Confederate loss at Gettysburg and Vicksburg, the triumph of the Army of Tennessee at Chickamauga was a well-timed turn around for the Confederates. Bragg’s forces at Chickamauga secured a decisive victory, breaking through Federal...
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...The Civil War was a remarkable moment in history. This war went from 1861 to 1865, between the North and South of the United States. It started because the North wanted a unified country, while the South wanted state right’s, not a federal government. The war continued because the South wanted slaves, unlike the North. This war is a time in history that will never be forgotten. The North and South had always been drifting apart because of the major differences in civilization and economy (Guelzo). The main factor being slavery. Since the South was so agricultural, they thought that making slaves do their work was acceptable. They had many big farms and needed workers, so instead of working themselves, they made slaves do their work for them. The North had their own agricultural resources and did not...
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...Joseph V. Borunda Mrs. Martinez World History November 20, 2014 The American Civil War Many people know about the Civil War, but not every one knows the details. The Civil War was a key point in U.S. History that brought all the states together and made them into one single indivisible country. Before the civil war started there was the election of 1860. Abraham Lincoln has just been elected into office and many political officials didn’t like that. The Battle Field Lincoln pledges to abolish slavery in all the states, his views were very different from those in congress, and Lincoln wanted a strong nation, one without slavery. This would be fine if slavery wasn’t popular in most states, but sadly it was. There was conflict and disagreement, but most of this conflict came from the south. In the south slavery was a very popular and common practice. Thirteen states from the south seceded from the United States. These states called themselves The Confederate States Of America. According to www.civilwar.org the first battle of the civil war took place at Fort Sumter. On April 12, 1861, Major Robert Anderson was under fire by General P.G.T Beauregard, who was in command of the Confederate forces around Charleston harbor. Major Robert Anderson surrendered on April 13 and evacuated the next day. This The battlefield is a very known subject in all wars but this was one of the harshest wars in American history. This war like any other was fought and won with armies of soldiers...
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...beginning the Civil War. Out of all the brave men who served in the Union, Winfield Scott Hancock is one of the most prominent. He is often recognized as one of the most brilliant commanders of the Civil War, and more specifically the Battle of Gettysburg. Hancock is most remembered for his commanding of the Union center and repulsing the Confederate assault known as Pickett’s Charge. During the span of the Civil War, he is...
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