... 1950's in NY, she worked as a airline reservation clerk with Eastern Air Lines and British Overseas Airways. Harper wanted to concentrate with her writing so she decided to give up her position as a clerk in order to have more time to write her books. Harper Lee submitted her novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird, in 1957. After two years, her novel was finally published ... . In June of 1966, President Johnson named Harper Lee to the National Council of Arts. Her book, To Kill a Mocking Bird, was also awarded the Pultzer Prize ... in 1961. In her book, the characters are inspired by the people...

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... history of the United States. When Robert was young, he was very close to his father. Harry Lee had taught his son, Robert, how to shoot a rifle. He would often tell his son about the exciting events that happened when he was fighting side by side with George Washington. Although they had ... Lieutenant in 1836 then Captain in 1838. During the time when slavery was an issue, Robert E. Lee released his slaves because he thought it was morally wrong. He helped stop John Brown from raiding Harper's Ferry and distributing the weapons to the African American slaves. Brown was then hanged. Rob...

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... still resisted. The first way slaves would resist their enslavement is through Revolts. There are 3 slave insurrections in American History: John Brown's raid at Harper's Ferry in 1859, Denmark Vesey's revolt in 1822, and Nat Turners revolt in August 21, 1831. The first conspiracy for a revolt was ... to house, killing all of the white people they encountered. Turner's force eventually consisted of more than 40 slaves, most on horseback. By about mid-day on August 22, Turner decided to march toward Jerusalem, the closest town. By then word of the rebellion had gotten out to ... different...

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... the Battle of Antietam, named after the small creek that ran through the battlefield. In this writing assignment, I will write about the important facts of the battle rather than the actual troop movements. I will elaborate on the reasons why General Robert E. Lee was in Maryland, why both sides needed a victory, Special Order No. 191, General McClellan's role, the sunken road, and finally ... was dated 9, September 1862 and was the detailed plan for General Robert E. Lee's army. According to Special Order 191, General Lee was planning on capturing the northern fortress at Harper's Ferr...

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... March. Sherman turned north through South Carolina and North Carolina to approach the Confederate Virginia lines from the south, increasing the pressure on Lee's army. Lee's army, thinned by desertion and casualties, was now much smaller than Grant's. One last Confederate attempt to break the Union hold on ... resurrect anti-black sentiment. Emancipation Proclamation The Emancipation Proclamation enabled African-Americans, both free blacks and escaped slaves, to join the Union Army. About 190,000 volunteered, further enhancing the numerical advantage the Union armies enjoyed over the Co...

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... believing he was the best man for the job. It was 1860 and the thought of sectionalism was rampant in the states. Henry Clay said this about Davis's thoughts of the imminent secession which was starting to occur. "Mr. Davis did not take an active part in planning or hastening secession. ... He would be approved by popular vote on Feb. 22, 1862. Before his arrival in the new capital of Richmond, Virginia an army of about 30,000 men had been raised, and as fast as new troops arrived their officers were assigned to a rank in the Confederate service, regulated ... actions that in the winter ...

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... driving ambition of abolitionist John Brown. On October 16, 1859, he and an "army" of 20-something men seized the federal arsenal at Harper's Valley, Virginia, present day West Virginia. The operation Brown envisioned as being the first blow against slavery was over in 36 hours. By the ... morning of October 18, mariners under Gen. Robert E. Lee stormed the building and captured all the men. Brown was hung for treason on December 2, 1859. Many new laws were passed in an effort ... and many bloody battles, such as the Battle of Gettysburg, where more than 3,000 Union soldiers and almost...

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... by seizing the federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry, Va. Brown, however, was captured 28 hours later by troops under the command of Colonel Robert E. Lee. Brown was convicted of treason and hanged two weeks later. Many Southerners saw the raid as evidence of a Northern plot to end slavery by force ... Negro we have scourged him out of the temple of justice by the Dred Scott decision we have shot and hanged his friends at Harper's Ferry we have enacted laws for his further degradation, and even to expel him from the borders of some of our States we ... were convinced of black inferiority. Ma...

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... New York. Meanwhile, he had conceived an intense hatred of the institution of slavery and had resolved to do everything in his power to bring about its destruction. Brown, with only eighteen men, five of whom were Negroes, attacked and captured the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. Va. on ... October 16, 1859. On October 18 he was overpowered by a small force of United States Marines under the command of Col. Robert E. Lee. Brown was captured, seriously wounded and thrown into prison. He was tried and convicted for "treason and conspiring and advising with slaves and other rebels .....

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• Grade Level: High School