According to Southern beliefs, Robert E. ... He states the North's purpose is solely to "set other men free" (Gettysburg). ... In the film, after seeing the remains of Pickett's Division after the charge General Robert E. ... The Lost Cause Myth states the war was about states' rights and not at all about slavery. ... In the film, "Gettysburg" discredits the Lost Cause theory as putting the blame on General Robert E. ...

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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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On the final day of the Battle of Gettysburg occurred the most important event in the unification of the United States. ... General Robert E. ... The scarcity of resources was greatest in the one or two states nearest its largest armies and "under the wasting consumption of war, " the production of raw material was diminished further. ... While General Robert E. ...

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The northern states, known as the Union fought for "no slaves." The southern states, called the Confederacy, fought to keep slavery and spread it to the whole country. This war is also known as the War of Rebellion, the War Between States, and the War of Secession. ... Although some wanted just to avoid expanding slavery into Northern states, most wanted complete slave abolition. ... Sherman's victory at Savannah, Georgia, during December and his victory at Five Forks" on April 1, 1865 led to Robert E. ...

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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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Fights kept erupting over displays of the rebel flag, over the relevancy of states' rights, over a statue of Arthur Ashe slated to go up beside Robert E. ... "Q: What causes led to the War Between the States, from 1861 to 1865? A: The disregard of those in power for the rights of the Southern states. ... Among them, Robert Lee Hodge is the most colorful character. ... Robert becomes most attached to Horwitzt in his journey. ...

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General Robert E. ... Stuart was what Robert E. ... If this occurred Robert E. ... His efforts that day earned Colonel Joshua Chamberlain a well deserved Congressional Medal of Honor, the highest honor given out by the United States. ...

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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 the history of the United States, African Americans have always been discriminated against. ... In the northern states the Civil War began as a fight against the succession of the Confederate states from the Union. Abraham Lincoln, who was President at this time, wanted to save the nation by bringing the southern states back to the Union, but this "Great Emancipator" ironically did not have much intention of freeing the slaves. ... Robert Shaw, commander of this infantry, was one of the few white commanders who treated his troops with dignity and respect. ... Robert Shaw of the 54th M...

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The people living in the Northern and Southern states have been trying to resolve these issues, unfortunately the issues brought on war. The United States Civil War lasted from 1861 to 1865 and led to over 625,000 casualties.1 The war was definitely the central event in American history and one of the most memorable one. ... Lincoln and the North were definitely against South's decision to withdrawal due to the thought of the matter as an illegal act and the formation of the Confederate States of America was invalid notion. ... The South contained a military tradition that which had high ...

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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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The movie also gives honorable mention to other vital military leaders at the time, including Robert E. ... Overall, when assessing a movie of such magnitude and with as much depth as Gods and Generals has, one has to take several things into consideration when comparing it to the reality of the History of the United States and the Civil War. ... (Gods and Generals) With all of this in mind, the film ties in well with American History I with specific reference to the Confederacies' Battles of Manassas, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, and most importantly, Thomas "Stonewall" Ja...

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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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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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Though sympathetic to those first states that seceded from the Union, the state of Arkansas obviously did not feel that Lincoln's election was grounds to justify secession. ... Arkansas was after all a very poor state and wasn't even competitive with other southern states agriculturally for the slave population to have been large enough to really matter economically. ... For that Both Jefferson Davis and Robert E. ...

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By the spring of 1864, Atlanta, Georgia existed as the last connection between the western and eastern halves of the Confederate States of America. ... Southern troops, citizens, and government leaders understood that success or failure in Atlanta decided the outcome of the 1864 United States election. ... The southern public supported their president's change to an offensive strategy because it imitated that of General Robert E. ...

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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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