Alvin York was born in Pall Mall Tennessee on December 13, 1887, the third of 11 children born to William and Mary York. His Grandfather, Uriah York, was an Army Veteran of the Mexican-American War and the Civil War. ... : Alvin York, 1919 Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company G, 328th Infantry, 82d Division. Place and date: Near Chatel-Chehery, France, 8 October 1918. Entered service at: Pall Mall, Tenn. Born: 13 December 1887, Fentress County, Tenn. G.O. No.: 59, W.D., 1919. Citation: After his platoon had suffered heavy casualties and 3 other noncommissioned officers had beco...

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... the federal government cannot legally deny. The supporters of states' rights held that the national government was a league of independent states, any of which had the right to secede. In December 1860, South Carolina became the first state to secede. Five other states - Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana - followed in January 1861. In February, representatives from the six states met ... fired on Fort Sumter early on the morning of April 12, 1861, inaugurating four years of internecine warfare, many Negroes were eager to wear the Union blue. They found their services...

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... 1834, immigrated to the United States as a teenager, and married another Irishman, Rody Looby, in Waddington, NY 1854. They had three sons, John (1860), William (1866), and Richard (1870). In December 1863 Rody enlisted in the 14th NY Heavy Artillery at Potsdam and served for several months before he was wounded in the Battle of Petersburg in July 1864. When Ellon ... . During the Battle of Shiloh, Palmer was sent to Corinth MS, where she worked day and night in a church and under the trees, administering chloroform and binding arteries, among other services, the most desperately wounded...

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... he new were his loyalties lie, the south. General Lee then resigned his whole commission. Lee then went to the president of the Confederate States of America and offered his services. Jefferson Davis was glad to accept Lee and gave him a position as a General. On June 1, 1862 Lee assumed command of the Army of Northern Virginia in the Confederate capital of ... (September 17, 1862). Lee was forced to call it a draw and neither side one. Lee then withdrew back to Virginia. In Virginia he was yet once again victorious in Fredericksburg (December 1862). This battle took heavy tolls on the ...

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... 's gross state product. Most of the state's service industries are concentrated in metropolitan areas. Maine's leading service industry in terms of the gross state product is community, business, and personal services. Ranking next among Maine's service industries are 1. wholesale and retail trade and 2. finance, and real estate. Each of these groups contributes an equal amount to the gross state product. Portland ... stations and 15 television stations. Cable TV and Internet service are utilized in many communities. Government Constitution. Maine is still governed under its original con...

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... the end on July 17,1887. Her wishes were to be buried at Mountain Auburn Cemetery in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Her life of purpose was over. Clara Barton was born on December 25, 1821, in North Oxford, Massachusetts. She was the youngest child of Stephen Barton, a farmer and state legislator who had served in the Revolution under General Anthony Wayne. Well educated ... of the Red Cross; the powerful U.S. Sanitary Commission had been unable to obtain it. But before Barton could turn to the task, the Franco-Prussian War began. She offered her services to the Grand Duchess of Baden in adm...

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... previously manufactured, standard parts rather than with costly custom-made ones. This increased the number of weapons that the union could manufacture during the Civil War. 1813 Hartford Convention- In December 1814, a group of Federalists met in Hartford, Connecticut, to protest the War of 1812 and propose several constitutional amendments, including changes to protect the commercial interests of New England. These ... a free state and a free territory with his master. 1857 Crash of 1857- A boom in the American economy ended in the Panic of 1857. When grain prices fell, demand for rai...

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... seats, and drinking fountains were often indicated for blacks or whites. That was called Segregation. In disregard of the court decision, there was no legal way to make sure the services was always equal. Strong forces like the Klu Klux To what Extent 4 Klan threathened blacks with violence, especially when they wanted equality. In the 1940's and 50's things changed, not ... that blacks throughout the south used "Civil Disobedience". The idea was that if enough people protest by acts of Civil Disobedience, the public may start to question the laws. On December 1, 1955 a woman named Rosa...

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