The Battle of Shiloh: April 6-7, 1962 A Confederate army of 40,000 men under General Albert S. Johnston surprised and attacked a Union army of 45,000 men under General Ulysses S. Grant. During the battle, which lasted from dawn to dusk and was one of the most desperate of the war, the Union troops ...
After the civil war ended the differences between ex-confederates and Republicans were at an unstable high. While President Lincoln was in office during the war, he appointed Andrew Johnson to military governor of Tennessee because he was the only senator from a Confederate state who remained loyal...
When the Civil War ended the country had a lot of work to do. Being the victors of the war the North had to deal with most of the problems. The South was left in chaos, all of the former slaveholders were now poor and without workers, and all of the former slaves had no homes, or work. The South was...
I am doing a report on Robert E. Lee. In this report I will talk about what made his life so great, I will talk about his accomplishment and his failures, I will tell about his childhood and his manhood. Robert E. Lee was the confederates greatest general and one of the greatest generals of...
When Texas broke away from Mexico in 1836, the majority of Mexicans believed it was still a part of Mexico. The government of the United States believed differently. As his time in office was coming to an end, President John Tyler received enough support to annex Texas. This was in no small part due...
