... six to secede had the highest proportions of slaves in their populations, a total of 48.8 percent. Eight remaining slave states continued to reject calls for secession. Outgoing Democratic President James Buchanan and the incoming Republicans rejected secession as illegal. Lincoln's March 4, 1861 inaugural address declared his administration would not initiate civil war. Speaking directly to "the Southern States," ... them against the Union, this was never likely, and so they instead tried to bring Britain and France in as mediators. The Union, under Lincoln and Secretary of State William...

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... we later learn) and he is watching the Union Cavalry through a telescope, from a distance. Harrison heads to the Confederate camp and informs Lieutenant General James Longstreet (played by Tom Berenger) of the Federal position. In turn, Lieutenant General Longstreet informs General Lee (played by Martin Sheen). Herein is our ... to several more characters through them introducing each other: Major General George E. Pickett (played by Stephen Lang); Lieutenant Colonel Arthur Fremantle (played by James Lancaster) of Her Majesty's Cold Stream Guards, who is present as an observer on behalf ...

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... use but was presumed usable to the enemy. In view of this destruction, it is understandable that Sherman quoted "war is hell" (Sherman, William T.,Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1972). Finally, on December 20, Sherman's men reached the city of Savannah and from there Sherman ... Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton" (Sherman, William T., Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1972). Grant had decided that the only way to win and fin...

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... use but was presumed usable to the enemy. In view of this destruction, it is understandable that Sherman quoted "war is hell" (Sherman, William T.,Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1972). Finally, on December 20, Sherman's men reached the city of Savannah and from there Sherman ... Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton" (Sherman, William T., Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1972). Grant had decided that the only way to win and fin...

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... use but was presumed usable to the enemy. In view of this destruction, it is understandable that Sherman quoted "war is hell" (Sherman, William T.,Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1972). Finally, on December 20, Sherman's men reached the city of Savannah and from there Sherman ... Christmas gift the city of Savannah, with 150 heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about 25,000 bales of cotton" (Sherman, William T., Memoirs of General William T. Sherman. Westport, Conn.:Greenwood Press, 1972. Grant had decided that the only way to win and fini...

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... the army into the Army of Northern Virginia, with two corps; one under Jackson and the other commanded by the exprienced and gruff James Longstreet. McClellan retreated north while an army of 60,000 union soliders under the braggard John Pope invaded Virginia. Lee sent Jackson and cavalry ... gorvnernor. Buell caught up with Bragg and fought a draw at Perryville. Bragg retreated into Tennesee, while Buell was replaced with the more energetic William Rosencrans. Rosencrans entered Tennesee and gave battle at Murfreesboro. The battle was a draw but it forced Bragg to retire to Chattanooga,...

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... the primary candidate for the democrats. Douglass apposing the federal slave codes kept much of the South from backing his nomination. Former Representative William Yancey of Alabama, former Senator Robert Barnwell Rhett of South Carolina, and Senator Robert Toombs of Georgia helped to stage a walk out ... In Illinois, Chicagoans were setting up for the Republican convention. The Wigwam, a very large convention hall, was being raised especially for the convention. William Seward, a New York State senator and former governor, leads the pack of nominees. Many people at this convention were...

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... time took matters into their own hands to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn't support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass ... for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. James Buchanan believed the Constitution...

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... time took matters into their own hands to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn't support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass ... for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. James Buchanan believed the Constitution...

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... time took matters into their own hands to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn't support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass ... for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. James Buchanan believed the Constitution...

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... time took matters into their own hands to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he couldn't support the United States Constitution, James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass ... for the Confederate States of America. This outraged the North and what was led to the Civil War. Many different efforts were made to save the Union and prevent a war. James Buchanan believed the Constitution...

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... earn his way up the ranks. Lee was a good soldier but promotion was very slow. The on May 31, 1837 another child of Robert and Mary came. His name was William Henry Fitzhugh L! ee. Finally in 1838 Robert E. Lee was promoted to captain. The Mexican War: The Mexican-American War broke out in 1845. Lee was then sent in to supervise ... cavalryman soon caught General Scott's eye. Lee excelled himself through the war and he learned skills that he would need in 16 years. In the Mexican War Lee also met James Longstreet, Thomas J. Jackson, George Pickett, and Ulysses S. Grant, people that he s...

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... were fully against slavery and its expansion and most of the time took matters into their own hands to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he could not support the United States Constitution. As well as ... , James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass, who was an escaped slave who became a black editor. The last ... a constitution for the Confederate States of America. This outrage...

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... were fully against slavery and its expansion and most of the time took matters into their own hands to get their point across. Some of the most famous abolitionists were William Lloyd Garrison of Boston, Wendell Phillips, who in 1836 gave up his law practice because he could not support the United States Constitution. As well as ... , James G. Birney of Ohio who gathered all anti-slavery forces into one unit called the Liberty Party and Frederick Douglass, who was an escaped slave who became a black editor. The last ... a constitution for the Confederate States of America. This outrage...

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... Brierfield Plantation. Davis came to be the owner of one-hundred and seven slaves. One of his closest friends was also one of his slaves, a man by the name of James Pemberton.(Chadwick 179) Davis was remarried in 1845 to the daughter of a wealthy plantation owner. Her name was Varina Howell. With his new wife he had five children, three sons ... Davis. Toronto: Birch Lane Press, 1999. Davis, Jefferson. Jefferson Davis: Private Letters, 1823-1889. Ed. Hudson Strode. New York: DaCapo Press, 1995. Davis, William. Jefferson Davis, the Man and His Hour. New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1...

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... Looby was born in Ireland in 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 ... of the war in 1865. Two other women who served as nurses during the Civil war were Miss Mary A. B. Young and Mrs. Thomas Rhodes. Miss Young, the sister of Captain James Young of the 60th NY Volunteers, reportedly died of the feve...

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... prior to the Civil War: Captain John Smith first landed here in 1607 at the falls of the James River. The site was the scene of several unsuccessful attempts at settlement. Then Col. William Byrd founded the present City of Richmond by having Major William Mayo lay the town out into lots and promoting a lottery to sell them off. Patrick Henry rang freedom ... ...

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... -great-great grandfather) was involved in the Civil War as a Confederate Attorney General. He later went on to become the governor of North Carolina and a U.S. Senator. Another little known brother, William, was killed in the Civil War. Growing up in Warrenton presented a major challenge that would follow him throughout his life. Although his dad was successful, he and his family, was ... had just gained. He ended up back in Chattanooga, where the second battle would take place. The second battle at Chattanooga took place on Independence Day, July 4, 1863. The admirable William Rosecrans...

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... , and on, and on. "In my feeble estimation, General McClellan, with all his laurels, sinks into insignificance beside the true heroine of the age, the angel of the battlefield." Dr. James Dunn, surgeon at Antietam Battlefield. In 1863, Clara Baron traveled to Morris Island to tend to the growing number of sick and wounded soldiers. The wounded were expanding after the ... Willie who died in the White House of typhoid fever in 1862. Our nation mourns the loss of this great president and man. SHERMAN GIVES LINCOLN SAVANNAH FOR CHRISTMAS!! After William Tecumseh Sherman captured and burned ...

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... Colored, a regiment said to be the first African American infantry to fight in the Civil War, fought at Honey Springs, in what is now Oklahoma (Carle). Union troops under General James Blunt ran into a strong Confederate Force under General Douglas Cooper . The 1st Kansas, which had held the center of the Union line, advanced to within fifty paces of the Confederate ... until the signal to engage came (Fincher). All six hundred men charged the fort. The color bearer fell almost immediately and orders to withdraw were given (Allen 226). However, Sergeant William Carney refused to let tha...

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... to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing, or all the other." Similarly, William Seward echoed Lincoln's beliefs four months later when he stated that "Our country . . . exhibits . . . two radically different political systems; the one resting on the basis of . . . slave labor, the other ... first election that truly divided the U.S. geographically North and South. Republican candidate John Fremont ran on the slogan of "Free soil, Free labor, Free men, Fremont." The Democratic Party nominated James Buc...

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... be the first African American infantry to fight in the Civil War, fought at Honey Springs, Indian Territory, in what is now known as Oklahoma.20 Union troops under General James Blunt ran into a strong Confederate Force under General Douglas Cooper. After a two-hour bloody engagement, Cooper's soldiers retreated. The 1st Kansas, which held the center of the Union line, had ... until the signal to engage came.26 All six hundred men charged the fort. The color bearer fell almost immediately and the orders to withdraw were given.27 However, Sergeant William Carney refused to let that be th...

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... in office. Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln won the republican nomination, after three tries to elect a candidate though. Ohio changed 4 votes to secure his nomination and give him the victory over William Seward. Lincoln was a good choice for a president during this time of secession. His stance on slavery was that slavery could stay in the states where it is now, but there ... technology where a canon ball will just bounce off if struck. They rebuilt the USS Merrimack, and re-christened the CSS Virginia. To try and help the south's lack of ships James D. Bulloch, the man in charge...

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... the beginning of the Civil War (1861-1865). His troops called him "Old Fuss and Feathers" because he loved colorful uniforms. Scott was born near Petersburg, VA. He went to William and Mary College and then studied law. He gave up law in 1808 to join the U.S. Army. When the War of 1812 broke out, he became a lieutenant colonel and went ... Angel of the Battlefield. At first, the United States government refused to give help or encouragement. But in 1864, she was made superintendent of nurses for the Army of the James. When the war ended, Barton formed a bureau to search for missing men ...

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... so they put up signs to tell people that they felt slavery was wrong. These signs were their way of showing the South that slavery was against the Constitution. (Doc. C) William Lloyd Garrison said that all the slaves in the United States had no protection from the government and that it was not right for them to be crushed under the ... respected and maintained". This proves that the constitution needs to be a source of information for the government. This way people cannot argue with the law, they must agree. (Doc. B) President James Buchanan said to Congress that the slave states jus...

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