July 1st, 1863 started like any other day in the quiet town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. That was, until Union and Confederate troops clashed by accident, commencing the gruesome three-day skirmish known as the Battle of Gettysburg. Lives were lost, blood was shed, and the tide of war changed. Now, the Confederacy no longer stood strong against the Union, as the course of the Civil War took a tremendous whirl in favor of the Union. This monumental victory at Gettysburg was a turning point in the
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American history a war that lead to freedom of African Americans from their southern oppressor. Out of the battles came one battle that stands above the rest, Gettysburg the bloodiest battle on home soil ever. Gettysburg was a deciding battle in the war that finally tipped the scales in the union’s favor. If the union lost, Washington D.C would be in the hands of the confederacy. At the Battle of Gettysburg they were many character traits that arose out of Gettysburg traits such as courage, camaraderie
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Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, and the affects it had on the citizens of America. Wills first gives a background on the battle of Gettysburg and the planning of the battlefield dedication. In the summer of 1863, General Lee and the confederate army pushed north only to meet the union in Gettysburg. 50,000 people were killed and the confederates retreated. This was the bloodiest battle of the civil war, so the dedication of the cemetery was a big deal. David Wills, who has no relation to the author,
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were solely for the purpose to generate an appealing film for viewers. The inaccuracies range from the misconception that Helen’s parents were royalty of Sparta at one point in time to the duration of the war. In the movie, the war was a hard fought battle that lasted close to three weeks. However, the original version of the war shows
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Introduction For my film report I did the movie Black Hawk Down. This real life based movie was about U.S. forces trying to bring aid and supplies to Mogadishu, Somalia in 1993 when they unexpectedly got attacked by Somali forces. The Somalis brought down two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and stranded a hundred soldiers in a fight on the ground. The whole movie was an effort to get the soldiers back into the safe zone. The movie was a bloody and gory fight from start to finish, right up until the
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It all started when the leader of the mexican army, Santa Anna attacked the Alamo with around 1,800-6,000 men in 1835. The battle only lasted 13 days but a lot died. About 600-1600 mexicans died. The leader of the texan army was William B. Travis and James Bowie. The battle of the Alamo was mainly fought over federalism,Slavery,immigration and money issues.After the battle the Alamo was almost completely destroyed. There is only 1 part of the Alamo left. Before Santa Anna attacked there were near
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The Alamo was a battle in 1836; it was a huge step in the Texas revolution. On September 16, 1810 Mexico won their independence from Spain and claimed all the land that Spain owned, including Texas. Texas was then opened for colonization offering cheap land to new settlers. However in 1833 the Mexican general Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna was elected as the new president of Mexico. Before long the new president had turned Mexico into a dictatorship and began raising taxes, as well as making unreasonable
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“Slavery was the backbone to the strength and greatness of the ancient Greeks” (Cliff 2009). The people in this time were very hard working people. They did not have any time to waste. Enslaving people of a land they had just conquered was a vital part of making sure their society could function properly. This is exactly what the Spartans did when they took control of the helots. The only people who knew about the area the Spartans had just overthrown were the helots so they needed them to care
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were inside waiting for the inevitable attack. One-hundred fifty miles away was a group of people who were gathered together to sign a declaration of independence (Texas was apart of Mexico). The Alamo itself was initially built for war. Before the battle, it was a place that the locals used to convert the Native Americans to Christianity. Many families, including Jose Antonio Navarro, fought for Texas independence. He was a prominent Mexican leader, and also part of the Tejanos, that wanted to lead
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In this paper, you will read proof of how the Battle of Antietam was a crucial battle in the development of today’s howitzers and how it would mold the future of field Artillery. Since 17 November 1775, the field Artillery became one of the most critical and vital assets to every branch of the United States military. The field Artillery has been utilized in every major conflict to include when they were first deployed on 2 March 1776 under the command of president gorge Washington and Henry Knox
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