...Blockade Running Activities Things done by Bahamians and Southerners as part of Blockade running activities. At the time of the American Civil War, The Bahamas was involved in a few activities. One such activity that the Bahamas took part in was Blockade Running. Besides cotton, other articles in Nassau awaiting shipment were Confederate uniforms, ammunition, guns, medicines, salt and various luxuries. These items were to be run through the blockade into the Confederacy. The blockade runners were such a big business. Companies were created to operate runners. The first blockade company was John Fraser Company of South Carolina. This company, with their connections in the Confederate Government, brought in mostly war materials which were then sold quickly to the Confederacy at a handsome price. This was not the only blockade running company however. The Importing and Exporting Company of South Carolina (known as Bee Company) was also a highly regarded company at the time. There were also benefits to buying shares of these blockade running companies. Stocks were reported to have dividends of five thousand dollars per share for the Bee Company from the newspapers of the time. Other companies such as the Anglo-Confederate Company also paid dividends in the thousands. Additional pounds sterling at times were also paid to stock holders. The companies as well as making profit kept a keen eye on what was being shipped and what was profitable at the time. The one thing that was on...
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...social differences between the North and the South. * States versus federal rights. * The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents. * Growth of the Abolition Movement. * The election of Abraham Lincoln. * John Browns ‘Raid. * “Bleeding Kansas. * The collapse of the two-party system. * Secession. * Dread Scot Decision Fought 1861-1865, the American Civil War was the result of decades of sectional tensions between the North and South. Focused on slavery and states’ rights, these issues came to a head following the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Over the next several months eleven southern states seceded and formed the Confederate States of America. During the first two years of the war, Southern troops won numerous victories but saw their fortunes turn after losses at Gettysburg and Vicksburg in 1863. From then on, Northern forces worked to conqueror the South, forcing them to surrender in April 1865. Details of the Civil War. Here are some of the details surrounding the places that were attacked during the American Civil War. 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | 1865 | Ft. Summer | Battle of Pea Ridge | Stone’s River | Red River Campaign |...
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...War The Civil War consisted of many legendary battles over the soil of the United and Confederate States of America, which will be retold for generations in history books. Although these land battles were indeed great, the idea of this paper will be the Naval warfare of the Civil War, paying certain attention to the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Neither the North nor the South was prepared for Naval activities at the beginning of the war. To better prepare the Navy for war, three new designs were put into action for future ships. The most successful of these designs was the Monitor. The South was at a disadvantage to the North throughout the war. The South was lacking manpower during the war, since most of the seamen in the US Navy were from the North and therefore stayed with the Union when the southern states seceded. The South was also found disadvantaged for iron plates for ship armor, since there was only one establishment in the South capable of producing them. The South, knowing their disadvantage in numbers, made the call for commerce raiding of northern ships. The southern government encouraged privateering of northern ships. This privateering would help take the burden of building up the Navy off the government, since privately owned ships and sailors would be assisting the Confederate war goals. The response of the North was the blockade on the southern states. This dealt a similar blow to the South that privateering would cause...
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...sides of the war, but they mainly aided the Confederacy. Britain “did provide significant assistance in other ways, chiefly by permitting the construction in English shipyards of Confederate warships and blockade runners” (Foner). By providing the Union and Confederacy support, the British went back on their promise to remain neutral, therefore involving themselves in the Civil War. In the South, foreign aid made up a considerable part of their strategy to win the war. Foreign countries supported the Confederacy in two main ways: producing ships and supplies to help fund the war and blockade running. The Confederacy reached out to foreign countries for two main reasons; moral and military support. The South knew that if they were able to get foreign countries to declare the Confederacy as a separate nation from the Union, they would gain a colossal advantage in the war from a moral standpoint. They also needed supplies for the war. Guns, ships, and many other items were essential war tools that the South was missing. They needed foreign countries to help them get those tools to give them more of a chance on the battlefield. The Confederacy attempted to gain foreign support in many ways, most significantly the bartering of cotton. At the time, the British and French were still dependent upon Confederate cotton for their textile mills, since much of their economy was built from the cotton industry. To try to bribe foreign countries to help them, the South used King Cotton Diplomacy...
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...victory at New Orleans made prospects for a Southern victory seem almost impossible. Though the prospects had looked bleak for a while, after taking into account the economic and naval advantage, and succeeding the capture of New Orleans, the war looked to be tipping unwaveringly in favor of the north. At the outset of the war, the north was in a good position due to the distribution of resources. General Robert E, Lee himself, a confederate general said that the only reason they had lost was “not because it fought...
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...advantages over the Confederate Army that included advanced industrialization and economics, a larger population, a superior Navy, and an advanced transportation network. One of the major advantages that the North had over the South was their advanced...
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... The American Civil War (1861–1865) was a civil war between the United States (the "Union") and the Southern slave states of the newly-formed Confederate States of America under Jefferson Davis. The Union included all of the free states and the five slaveholding border states and was led by Abraham Lincoln and the Republican Party, which opposed the expansion of slavery into territories owned by the United States. Republican victory in the presidential election of 1860 led seven Southern states to declare their secession from the Union even before Lincoln took office.[1] The Union rejected secession, regarding it as rebellion. Hostilities began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate forces attacked a U.S. military installation at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Lincoln responded by calling for a large volunteer army, then four more Southern states declared their secession. In the war's first year, the Union assumed control of the border states and established a naval blockade as both sides massed armies and resources. In 1862, battles such as Shiloh and Antietam caused massive casualties unprecedented in U.S. military history. In September 1862, Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation made ending slavery in the South a war goal, which complicated the Confederacy's manpower shortages. In the East, Confederate commander Robert E. Lee won a series of victories over Union armies, but Lee's reverse at Gettysburg in early July, 1863 proved the turning point. The capture...
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...With the number of Union warships blockading the southern North Carolina coast constantly increasing, it would seem impossible for goods to be delivered into Wilmington. Being the only free port in the south, the Union increased its emphasis on capturing that area. However, the southern blockade runners grew up on the waters of North Carolina and had the advantage of knowing how to hide and escape into the many inlets and coves on the coast. Despite the Union’s best efforts to close the port, by the fall of 1864, more than $3.2 million in imported munitions and goods had made its way into Wilmington. The geographical layout of Wilmington is noteworthy in defending the area. The route into Wilmington is through the mouth of the Cape Fear...
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...In April 1861, the United States declared a state of insurrection against the Confederacy of rebellious southern states. In Europe, the ordeal was referred to as "The American Question." The question could not be evaded; a choice had to be made between neutrality and intervention. European attitudes towards the American Civil War would have a significant effect on the war's ultimate outcome (Randall and Donald 355). Throughout the early months of the conflict, the reaction of Europe was of great interest to both sides; Queen Victoria's Great Britain, in particular. Would Queen Victoria recognize Confederate independence? Such recognition would legitimize the Confederacy and provide it with allies who could furnish weapons and supplies the Southern cause desperately needed (Davis 197). At the outbreak of the war, most foreigners were poorly informed about America, according to Leslie Stephen in 1865: The name of America five years ago, called up to the ordinary English mind nothing but a vague cluster of associations, compounded of Mrs. Trollope, Martin Chuzzlewit, and Uncle Tom's Cabin. The choice between neutrality and intervention was not an easy one; either choice would lead to more choices. The question dealt with several issues, and it was difficult to read the conflict amidst threatening demands of angry belligerents. England had to guess the future in order to make a wise decision while balancing interests at home (Randall and Donald 355). Europe's three greatest...
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...Writing Assignment 2: Raphael Semmes History 2001-40769-201540 Caren Meche Raphael Semmes was brilliant, courageous and a man of many trades. He was an officer in the United States Navy, an officer in the Confederate States Navy, and a Brigadier General in the Confederate States Army (amongst many other careers). He lived a vivacious 67 years, most of which was spent in the military, and commanded a number of ships. Although Semmes grew up as the eldest son, nearly destined to tend to his lands, after the death of his parents (and new found guardianship from his uncle Raphael) another path was forged making him the only man in North American history to hold both the Brigadier General and Admiral titles. Semmes was born in Maryland and lost...
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...General George McClellan and President Lincoln. This tension was the result of McClellan’s approach to waging war. By examining the differing approaches to waging war of U.S. Grant and George B. McClellan one can gain a better appreciation for the decision making that was necessary by leaders like Lincoln, in selecting military generals who could effectively wage war to defeat the Confederacy. By all accounts, George B. McClellan had the makings of a great general. Graduating second in his class at West Point in 1842, he served under General Winfield Scott in the Mexican War. (McPherson, 1988, p. 4) He also served with distinction early in the war by assuring that Kentucky and the region that would become West Virginia, remained out of Confederate control. (McPherson, 1988, pp. 299-301) After the Union loss at the First Battle of Bull Run, McClellan was named commander of the Army of the Potomac, and by November 1861, he was the General-in-Chief of all Federal forces. (McPherson, 1988, pp. 348-350) McClellan’s approach to waging war was one of the cautious tactician. He was quite adept at assembling forces and the supply lines necessary to sustain those forces. After being named the commander of the Army of the Potomac, McClellan set to work to prepare his troops, still stinging from defeat at Manassas, into a cohesive fighting unit, capable of taking the battle to the Confederacy. It was during this time of preparation, McClellan endeared himself...
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...If ever there was a company that didn’t care how its merchandise was being used it was the shipbuilder John Laird, Sons and Company of Birkenhead, England. Whether it ships were being used to push and protect the East India company’s lucrative opium trade in China, or were being used to put down liberal rebellions in Mexico, the warships they produced could get your dirty deeds done dirt cheap.1 One of the company’s most controversial customers was none other than the Confederate States of America. Having seceded from the Union of the United States in April of 1861 the rebellious pariah state lacked any real industry and was in dire need of ships that could break the Union Blockade’s strangle hold on its port cities. Operating in England, Confederate...
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...Gone With the Wind ENG 225 Gone With the Wind Gone with the Wind is a movie its own rarity. It is one of the few movies that has stood the test of time and remains a classic that cannot be compared to some of today’s movies. I doubt the screenplay writer, Sidney Howard, producer, David O. Selznick, and director, Victor Fleming knew what timeless piece of history they were creating when this movie completed. This masterpiece of film has had an impact on viewers ever since it was created and will have for many more. The movie was nominated for numerous awards at the 1939 Academy Awards even though it wasn’t released until January 1940. The movie ran away with eight of those nominations, winning Supporting Actress, Actress, Director, Screenplay, Color Cinematography, Art Direction, Editing, and Best Picture (Ten Films that Shook the World). It has been said that if the income for the movie was adjusted for inflation, it would be the most successful movie of all time. The films begins with the chronicling of the splendor of the Old South. We watch how it is reduced to crumbs by the Civil War and the how the New South rebuilds itself during the reconstruction. The final results makes one wonder if the Auteur Theory applies to this film which says that the director is the one with the overall films artistic merit. The characters are living their lives in a very simple way until everything is shattered by the Civil War. None of the characters expected the devastation...
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...TOPIC 1: THE AMERINDIANS Week 1: THE ARAWAKS (Theme One) PAPER: CORE CONTENT----BAHAMIAN-WEST INDIAN HISTORY References: Bahamian History Bk.I by Bain, G. Macmillan,1983 2.Caribbean story Bk. I and II By Claypole, W Longman (new edition) 1987 3. Development to Decolonization by Greenwood R, Macmillan, 1987 4.Caribbean people Bk.I by Lennox Honeychurch. Nelson, 1979 The Migration of the Indians to the New World. It is believed that the people who Columbus saw when he came to the New World were nomadic hunters from central and East Asia who followed the buffalo and deer. When the herds moved, people moved after them because they were dependent on the animals for food. It is therefore suspected that the herds led the people out of Asia by the north-east, across the Bering Strait and into North America. They crossed the sea by an ice –bridge when it was frozen over during the last Ice-Age. They did not know that they were crossing water from one continent to another. Map 1 Amerindians migration from central Asia into North America. The Amerindians settled throughout North America and were the ancestors of the many Red Indian tribes we know today, as well as the Eskimos in the far north. In general, they were nomadic but some followed settled agricultural pursuits and developed civilizations of their own like the Mayas in South America (check internet reference for profile on this group, focus on...
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...Made By Jason & Franklin. This Document Is Strictly Prohibited For Commercial Purposes Without Authorization. List 1 GRE Verbal 750 Quantitative 800, AW 5.5 2008 10 Princeton, MIT, M. Fin Unit 1 ABANDON A B D I C AT E ABASE ABERRANT ABASH ABET A B AT E A B E YA N C E A B B R E V I AT E ABHOR abandon [ 1 n. ] carefree, freedom from constraint added spices to the stew with complete abandon unconstraint, uninhibitedness, unrestraint 2 v. to give (oneself) over unrestrainedly abandon herself to a life of complete idleness abandon oneself to emotion indulge, surrender, give up 3 v. to withdraw from often in the face of danger or encroachment abandon the ship/homes salvage 4 v. to put an end to (something planned or previously agreed to) NASA the bad weather forced NASA to abandon the launch abort, drop, repeal, rescind, revoke, call off keep, continue, maintain, carry on abase [ 1 v. ] to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem was unwilling to abase himself by pleading guilty to a crime that he did not commit debauch, degrade, profane, vitiate, discredit, foul, smirch, take down elevate, ennoble, uplift, aggrandize, canonize, deify, exalt abash [ 1 vt. ] to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of ,disconcert, embarrass Nothing could abash him. discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, faze, fluster, nonplus, mortify embolden abate [ 1 v. ] to reduce in degree or intensity / abate his rage/pain taper off intensify 2 v. ...
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