terrible time in America’s history, where brother fought against brother and father fought alongside son leading to the inescapable slaughter and bloodshed. When Antietam took place, the splitting of America was very likely and with one more decisive confederate victory it would have been inevitable and America would’ve been forever separate. Antietam halted this split and ultimately led to America staying together and ending up stronger than ever before. Miller’s cornfield, the sunken road, and the bridge
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reconstruction had so many failures, it also had many successes because, with every failure eventually comes success. When President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it resulted in the freeing of over 3 million slaves in the confederate states! This then lead to the now former slaves enlisting in the army. There were almost 200,000 former slaves enlisted! Because they had so many new comers to the army this made it a little more obvious that the North would probably win the
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concerning the outcome of the war. The idea was that the Civil War for the south was an inevitable defeat from the start. The South never really had a chance to win due to the overwhelming circumstances and advantages of the North, but since the confederates were loyal to the cause they fought a hopeless struggle to preserve their honor. This unfortunately, resulted in a shattering defeat for the South. The question of why this mindset was born brings up more questions like, “Why did the South feel
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the field, serving with importance under General Winfield Scott. Jackson spent 10 years as a professor of artillery tactics and natural philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. A skilled military tactician, he then served as a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee in the American Civil War, leading troops at Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Stonewall Jackson later was chosen to lead the Confederacy after Robert E. Lee during the U.S. Civil War. His importance marked him not
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It was located on the Cumberland River, approximately 12 miles west from Fort Henry, and provided commerce and was the river that lead directly into the heart of the Confederacy. Confederate Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston appointed Brigadier General John B. Floyd to command Fort Donelson. The fort housed 17,000 Confederate soldiers and had strategically placed artillery and strong earthworks. This convinced Floyd that a quick retreat would be pointless. The fort housed 128 pounder and two 32 pounder
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As the nation came close to approaching it's third year of civil war, president Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863. Shortly after conquering the battle of antietam, the war for the union became a war for freedom. The Emancipation Proclamation was finite in many ways, as it concerned only states that had seceded from the Union, but it managed to liberate the lives of four million slaves. The Emancipation Proclamation did not immediately end slavery, but it inspired
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A person could say that Felix Stidger was a notorious criminal, but yet that person would be a southern. Stidger’s involvement in the civil war was quite significant. At the beginning of the war he enlisted as a union assistant accountant. As the war eventually went on he had to go back to his mother because she was ill(Civil War Terror). During his leave two rebel scavengers robbed his house. His mom war traumatized and died later that week. This event also majorly affected Felix Stidger, it also
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Thomas Jackson is considered by many as one of the greatest generals in U.S. history. Jackson was involved in two wars. Of the two wars, he is most known for his leadership in the civil war as a confederate general. Jackson was involved in the first real battle of the Civil War, in which he led 10,000 troops. Though Jackson had a good military career, other parts of his life were filled with bad memories of close ones dieing. Thomas Jackson was born January 21, 1824 in Clarksburg Virginia.
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The most noticeable conflict in The Killer Angels is the argument between Lee and Longstreet over whether to use offensive or defensive tactics. Longstreet has come to understand the modern nature of warfare: he realizes that new technology, such as long-range artillery and repeating, breech-loading rifles, means the old strategies of war can no longer work as well. A single man armed with a good rifle and in a defensive position—behind a tree, for instance—can kill at least three men charging toward
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On July 2nd, 1862, Daniel Currier and the 16th Vermont Infantry were under heavy fire at the Battle of Gettysburg. He was a farmer in Norwich, VT who enlisted to the Union Army in 1862. Gettysburg was one of the bloodiest battles in the war, but he survived so he was able to raise a family. Daniel Currier was born on March 29, 1819 to Abel and Sarah Currier in Bradford, VT (VT Civil War, Individual Record, Currier, Daniel Q.). His father was a blacksmith (US Census Bureau, 1850). Daniel had dark
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