... , Robert E. Lee realized there was no choice but to surrender his Army to General Grant. After a series of notes between the two leaders, Lee surrendered the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, 1865 at the McLean House in the village of Appomattox Courthouse. The meeting lasted two and a half ... hours and most likely depicts the end of this Civil War. After Lee's withdrawal from Petersburg and Richmond, he tried to retreat to Lynchburg, Virginia to restock on provisions and supplies for his army. In front of Lee, Phil Sheridan's Union Calvary wreaked havoc with the retreat, while the ....

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... Hope Franklin gives a primary example of the racism associated with the conservative Democratic party in his book Reconstruction: After the Civil War. An ex-Confederate army colonel from Virginia, R. E. Withers, successfully won the Virginia governorship after a hotly contested race in the early 1870s. He expressed the view of many southern Democrats when he stated the following: "I do not ask the support of ... upon their equal social status and economic condition, raised the banner of race."6 Racist southern Republicans realigned their political alliances with the Democratic party and...

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... -in-Chief Winfield Scott to advance on the South before adequately training his untried troops. Scott ordered General Irvin McDowell to advance on Confederate troops stationed at Manassas Junction, Virginia, where near the Capital of South, Richmond. Then McDowell attacked in July 21, and was initially successful, but the introduction of Confederate reinforcements resulted in a Southern victory ... ' Campaign, almost defeating them; last-minute reinforcements saved the Union from a serious defeat. Confederate commander Joseph E. Johnston was severely wounded, and command of the Army of No...

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... to allow himself to entertain a gloomy prospect. After his fifth such attempt ended without success, the grumbling started once again about his alleged problem with the bottle. Lincoln's response was classic, "If I knew what brand of whiskey he drinks, I would send a barrel or so to some other generals."" He then added " What I want, and what the people want, is a general who ... as he moved from west to east and in effect, cutting the confederacy in half. Grant would go with the Army of the Potomac as they pursued Lee's Army of Virginia. He would face an adversary like none he had ever...

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... 1860. After South Carolina seceded, other states also broke from the Union, including Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas in January 1861; Virginia in April 1861; and Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina in May 1861. Missouri and Kentucky were also considered to be part of the Confederate States ... casualties. The Union Army of the Potomac was led by Major General George B. McClellan, while the Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia was General Robert E. Lee. The battle took place during the Maryland Campaign and was the first time in the Civil...

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... have contributed to our society in many ways. George Washington was the very first president of the U.S. He was born on February 22, 1732 in Virginia. He was one of 10 children in an aristocrat family. They grew tobacco and prepared lumber. He received his education at a churchyard school and then ... three years later to what is thought to be strep throat (George). Thomas Jefferson was the third president. He was born April 13, 1743 in Virginia. His dad was a successful surveyor and his mother was from an upper class family. He inherited land from his father and began building Monticel...

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... and Texas on the first of February. The Confederate States of America is formed. Eventually four more are added to the list in April 1861: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. The south secedes in January 1861. In February 1861, the south creates a government of its own with Jefferson ... takes place. McClellan loses 2,108 soldiers and 9,549 were wounded and the Confederates had 2,700 killed and 9,029 wounded. With Lee withdrawing to Virginia, McClellan is declared the winner of this battle. Nothing really happens until December when the Battle of Fredericksburg occurs. Af...

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... that it would take bloodshed to root out the evil slavery. On August 22, 1831, Nat Turner and a group of slaves from Southampton, Virginia escaped and killed 60 white men. Within 48 hours, the slaves were captured. Nat Turner and his followers were tried and executed. Another ... 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 ... the line. The amendment...

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... a state's obligation for a direct federal tax, and for determining its population for representation in the House of Representatives. 1787 Kentucky and Virginia Resolves-In response to the Alien and Sedition Acts, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolves. They argued that the Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional and that each state had a right to declare them null ... as a free state in 1861. 1857 John Brown Raid- John Brown's Raid was the ill-fated attempt of the eponymous New England abolitionist to free Virginia's slaves with a raid on the ...

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... troops often moved in a shorter time and always in superior numbers. But in the first two years of the war, the Army of Northern Virginia under General Lee had inflicted several crushing defeats on the Army of the Potomac. Including the latest one at Chancellorsville (May 1863), where heavily ... outnumbered confederates had forced the Union army to retreat and prevented a possible siege of Richmond and the occupation of central Virginia. So if things were going pretty well on the western theatre for the Union, in the East, operations had been far from successful. The ... night of July...

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... Confederates attacked Fort Sumter, which lead the beginning of the civil war. The begging of the war cause Texas, Arkansas, Virginia, north Carolina and Tennessee to secede from the union as well. The union forced attacked the confederate army near Manassas, Virginia on July 1861. The plan was to drive the Confederate army southward towards Richmond, but the union failed. On February ... several leaders in the Union Government. Booth was the only one able to accomplish his target. Other assassins failed to accomplish their targets. Booth and accomplice David Herold escaped to Virginia. ...

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... that the Federal forces held more than a modest advantage in terms of men and supplies. This in mind, Grant directed Sherman to turn around now and start heading back toward Virginia. He immediately started making preparations to provide assistance to Sherman on the journey. General John M. Schofield and his men were to detach from the Army of the Cumberland, which had ... Petersburg were doomed. Lee's only chance would be to move his troops out of Richmond and down a southwestern path toward a meeting with fellow General Johnston's (Johnston had been dispatched to Virginia after being ...

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... that the Federal forces held more than a modest advantage in terms of men and supplies. This in mind, Grant directed Sherman to turn around now and start heading back toward Virginia. He immediately started making preparations to provide assistance to Sherman on the journey. General John M. Schofield and his men were to detach from the Army of the Cumberland, which had ... Petersburg were doomed. Lee's only chance would be to move his troops out of Richmond and down a southwestern path toward a meeting with fellow General Johnston's (Johnston had been dispatched to Virginia after being ...

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... them at Lundy's Lane. Scott fought on so stubbornly that he had to be carried from the field, severely wounded. He became a national hero, and Congress and the state of Virginia voted him a medal. He was a major general when the war ended. McClellan, George Brinton (1826-1885), served for a while as the general in chief of the Union Army during the ... -1831), a black slave and preacher, led the most famous slave revolt in United States history. In 1831, Turner and about 70 other slaves liberated themselves by killing 60 whites in Virginia, including the family of Joseph Travis, Turner's...

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... Gettysburg During The Civil War. The Cause of The War In 1860 South Carolina seceded from The Union. Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas followed it. After that came Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas in 1861. The Confederates decided to try to overtake all federal property within the south. One of these was a small fort in Charleston Harbor, South ... Southern Victory on Northern territory might do so. Lee began to march his army north. In early May of 1863 Lee clashed forces with Union General Joe Hooker at Chancellorsville, Virginia. He was suc...

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... man could be educated and taken seriously by others. Douglass' influence on slavery is astounding. His autobiography caused many to feel compassion and realize the injustice that slavery encompassed. Douglass notes that American has provided him with a discerning and distasteful view of the New World while in slavery, but American began to encompass freedom and liberty when he became free and ... 1035). Douglass speaks of the disregard for family and humanity that slavery displays. A slave was viewed as a piece of property and granted no rights as a person. While in slavery, Douglass no...

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... the South had voted for Lincoln because they did not believe he would follow through with his promises regarding slavery. As a result, South Carolina, Louisiana, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Florida, Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas formed the Confederate States of America. The states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri remained in the Union. The South wanted to protect and preserve ... was the Battle of Gettysburg. The battle extended over three hot days in the month of July in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. General Robert E. Lee, Commander of the Confedera...

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... shall be free. On January 1, 1863 the president issued the final Emancipation Proclamation which declared all slaves in rebelling states free, with exemptions for forty-eight counties in Virginia that were to become West Virginia, New Orleans, and a few surrounding parishes in Louisiana. For constitutional reasons, the president could not free slaves in parts of the country that were already under Union ... ...

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... appointed lieutenant general and was put in command of all Union armies His basic plan was to go after Robert E. Lee's troops. As he forced Lee to retreat toward Richmond, Virginia grant's troops suffered severe loses. Many critics in the north called Grant a "butcher" because he lost so many men. (World Book Encyclopedia 314-315) The pressure on Lee continued until ... he surrendered on April 9. l886 at Appomattox Court House, Virginia. This surrender marked the end of the Civil War. Grant released General Lee and his soldiers on their honor. He allowed Lee's men to keep their "horses ...

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... as president he was distressed at the thought of it 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 by that ... at the battle of Fair Oaks on 31 May, and, after the wounding of General Joseph Johnston in that engagement, assigned Lee to the command of the Army of Northern Virginia. It is apparent from his actions that in the winter of 1864 and 1865, especially after h...

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... , and when the votes toward succeeding or not came it they decided to remain part of the union, and those who wanted to fight with the confederacy must fight with Virginia. This was a great victory for the union even with the riots.* There were different reasons for each side fighting the war. The north said they are fighting for flag and ... ships to war ships. The south's navy required Ironclads, a new 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. Bullo...

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... , South Carolina, Louisiana, Alabama, and Florida) had been readmitted to the Union, having ratified the Fourteenth Amendment as required by the first Reconstruction Act. The four remaining unreconstructed states "Virginia, Mississippi, Texas, and Georgia "were readmitted in 1870 after ratifying the Fourteenth Amendment as well as the Fifteenth Amendment, which guaranteed the black man's right to vote (Stampp 1965 ... were forced to make decisions about how those areas should be administered. These decisions were made first for the coast of South Carolina and Georgia, for southern Louisi...

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... losing their equal footing in the union. This gave the south more reason to secede and gave strength to the growth of the confederacy. The states began to choose sides. Virginia to Florida to Texas seceded to the Confederacy while all the other states stayed in the union and considered themselves free states. The only exceptions were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland and ... and the south were strong. Many Kentuckians had families; brothers, fathers, children who had settled in Indiana, Illinois, Missouri, or they themselves had migrated from areas such as Tennessee and Virginia. This gave r...

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... knew that the Federal forces held more than a modest advantage in terms of men and supplies. This in mind, Grant directed Sherman to turn around and start heading back toward Virginia. He immediately started making preparations to provide assistance to Sherman on the journey. General John M. Schofield and his men were to detach from the Army of the Cumberland, which had ... my fortune to witness several charges during the war, but never one so magnificently executed as this one." (McCarthy, Carlton, Detailed Minutiae of Soldier Life in the Army of Northern Virginia 1861-1865. Richmond: ...

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... , Special Order No. 191, General McClellan's role, the sunken road, and finally the overall outcome of the confrontation. General Robert E. Lee was fresh off a victory on the peninsula around Richmond, Virginia. He was, however running short on supplies and needed to strike a demoralizing blow to the north. In order to achieve this, he would have to go north with his army ... . He took his Army of Northern Virginia and started toward Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. The south central area of Pennsylvania was full of rich farmland thus would provide plenty of food rations. In addition to supplies...

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