On April 12th 1861 one of the bloodiest wars in United States history began and would divide the nation for five hellish years. ... Men like General Robert E. Lee, James Ewell Brown Stuart , Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson, and Major General George Pickett resigned their positions with the United States Army and supported their states by enlisting in the Confederate Army. ... With the love of the state of Virginia being so great, a man by the name Robert E. ... Along with Robert E. ...

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The Southern states then decided to secede, which meant that they were leaving the nation because they thought how could Lincoln be the president of the United States if most of the Southern didn't vote for him. ... South Carolina, however, feared a trick; the commander of the fort, Robert Anderson, was asked to surrender immediately. ... This section of Virginia was admitted into the Union as the states of West Virginia in June 20, 1863. ... Johnston was severely wounded, and command of the Army of Northern Virginia fell to Robert E. ... It required states to extend equal ci...

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The Civil War is also known as the War Between the States and the War of Secession. ... On April 9, 1865, Confederate General Robert E. ... Lee, Robert Edward (1807-1870), was a great general who commanded the Confederate Army in the Civil War. ... At first, the United States government refused to give help or encouragement. ... Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865), He led the United States during the Civil War. ...

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Not long after, the United States banned it in 1808.   ... On January 1, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring that "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious states "are, and henceforward shall be free."" ... The Proclamation was only applicable to such to states that had seceded from the Union. On the other hand, in the loyal Border States slavery was still at full blast. ...

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Introduction The Civil War was fought between The United States Of America and the Confederate States of America. The Confederates had been the Southern half of the United States. ... The United States was now going to combat the rebels on the grounds of "Saving the Union". ... Confederate General Robert E. ...

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Abraham and Mary had a son named Robert in 1843. ... The political leaders urged their states to secede from the union. ... Lincoln feared that if he did so, the Border States would switch sides. ... The 13th amendment would officially abolish slavery in the United States. ... Robert Lincoln, the oldest son, became a successful lawyer in Chicago and served as secretary of war....

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The proclamation would only apply to the Confederate States, as an act to seize enemy resources. ... In the Border states (states part of the Union that still allowed slavery) the situation was full of problems. ... McClellan, while the Confederate commander of the Army of Northern Virginia was General Robert E. ... (Battle of Gettysburg Facts ) Before the battle, major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington were under threat of attack from General Robert E. ... Senate but died in the House as Democrats rallied in the name of states' rights. ...

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Slavery was the most important topic that Lincoln focused on when he took office, while the southern states leaders demanded rapidly to keep slavery lawful all over the country and they threatened to pull their states out of the union if that the president and the congress didn't agree, which made Lincoln face the crisis and the conspiracy of the southern states. In February the people of the south had themselves a meeting in Montgomery, Alabama, they declared a new constitution, set up a government and elected Jefferson Davis as president for the southern states and they called it the c...

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The battle at Gettysburg was a game changing military endeavor between the Northern and Southern states during the Civil War in 1863. ... But after President Lincoln, a known opponent to slavery, was elected president in 1861, Southerners felt threatened that control was slipping away and the issue came to the forefront with Southern states seceding from the Union. ... The seceded states began seizing forts in their states with Lincoln sending troops to help protect them, but on April 12, at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, the Civil War began with shots fired. ... Hill, Pickett, Custer and Meade...

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In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President of the United States. ... The states of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri remained in the Union. ... In April of 1861, the United States only had control of two forts in the South, Fort Pickens in Pensacola, Florida and Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina. ... He recruited seventy-five thousand troops to fight the rebellion and ordered the United States Navy to seal off southern ports. ... General Robert E. ...

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Like Galations 5:1 states, "It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. ... One was the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States in 1860. ... These states joined forces and formed a new government called the Confederate States of America. ... Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware, which were slave states, were called border states because the citizens were divided in their allegiances (McPherson 276-294). ... With their Commander Robert Shaw the 54th Regiment went into battle at Fort Wagner. ...

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So proslavery advocates arose in these states and tried to persuade Kansas and Nebraska to approve slavery. ... Without any hesitation, President Abraham Lincoln immediately gives his assertion in the crisis that afflicted the United States. ... The Confederacy now consists of eleven states with a population of 9 million (including 3.5 million slaves). Twenty-three states, with a population of 22 million, remain in the Union. ... On April 9, 1865, General Robert E. ...

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Abraham Lincoln is a perfect example of leadership and legacy with his greatly successful job of ruling the United States of America and without him slavery may still be around today in some parts of the United States and the Confederacy likely a separate country, broken away from the US. ... Shortly before his inauguration seven states broke away from the Union forming the Confederacy. As the states started breaking away President Lincoln said nothing about it in his speeches remaining quiet about the crisis occurring. ... This prompted Lincoln to take measures that no United States Presid...

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For more than 30 years, Whittier devoted himself to the abolition of slavery in the United States. 2. ... Longfellow returned to the United States in 1836 and began teaching at Harvard University. ... From then until his death, Bryant was known as one of the most distinguished poets in the United States. 4. ... Robert Frost (1874-1963) - American poet, who drew his images from the New England countryside and his language from New England speech. ... After his return to the United States, he worked as a busboy in Washington, D.C. ...

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These issues were rebuilding the south, readmitting the southern states to the Union, and racial equality. ... After the surrender of the Confederacy to the Union, even General Robert E. ... When Johnson finally became president, it was a bad time all over the United States. ... Beyond this the federal government had nothing to do with it, it was all up to the individual states. ... While in the United States, Clemenceau was a journalist and a teacher. ...

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The Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln, proclaimed the freedom of enslaved people in the ten states still rebellious. ... Recruiters also expanded their limits and focused their attention on states throughout the North and South, hoping the regiment would increase in numbers. ... Although Robert Gould Shaw was skeptical of leading the all-black regiment, he recognized the importance and responsibility that came with leading. ... In the letter, the colored Private states that the reason he wrote the letter was to inform his sister how he and his fellow solders were...

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It becomes easier to understand why many felt that slavery should remain in tact through Robert Higgs quote of Senator Stephen Douglas saying "There is a physical difference between the white and black races which I believe will forever forbid the two races living together on terms of social and political equality. ... The southern states were so reluctant to admit that African-Americans were people that they allowed the 3/5ths compromise to occur. During the argument over electoral votes, southern states were quick to try to include their slaves in an effort for more power. ... In the f...

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In 1842 Abe Lincoln married Mary Todd, the daughter of Robert Todd, from Lexington, Kentucky. ... He also voted on the fact that the war was unnecessary and unconstitutionally started by the President of the United States. His reason was that General Taylor had been sent into to a part of the country that did not belong to the United States. ... Nor did the United States enforce it (The History Place). ...

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This paper will follow the happenings and events between the winter of 1864-65 and the surrender of The Confederate States of America. ... Lincoln replied that he no longer gave direction in military manners but went on to say: "If I were in your place, I'd let 'em up easy, let 'em up easy" (Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4. ...

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This paper will follow the happenings and events between the winter of 1864-65 and the surrender of The Confederate States of America. ... Lincoln replied that he no longer gave direction in military manners but went on to say: "If I were in your place, I'd let 'em up easy, let 'em up easy" (Johnson, Robert Underwood, and Clarence Clough Buel, eds., Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Vol 4. ...

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