... Gettysburg was to dedicate a new cemetery for the Union soldiers killed during the battle of Gettysburg. He gave the speech on November 19, 1863 to approximately fifteen to twenty thousand who had gathered to hear his convocation of the cemetery. Lincoln realized that the nation must seek a transformation, away from the divisiveness and towards unity, and he freely calls on a Biblically ... thousands of lives lost and says this is an assurance that in fact the Union is worthy of being preserved, in fact it must be preserved to honor those thousands who died to keep it intact. He also su...

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... that Civil War happened because of the issue of slavery and others think it happened because the events outlined by James Mcapherson in his article "Who Freed the Slaves?" that Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation and the Union's victory helped slaves to gain their freedom. Barbara Fields wrote that the slaves did ... them at all. That his main goal was saving the union at the expense of the death of black slavery. James Mcapherson also wrote about who freed slaves : "The clear answer is the war. Without the Civil War there would be no confiscation act, no Emancipation Proclamation, no Thi...

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... ports. By April Savannah, Norfolk and Jacksonville recieved almost no foriegn commerce. Events in Virginia were little better. McClellan, afraid of advancing through rugged terrain in Virginia, instead sent 105,000 of his men to the Virginia peninsula. The confedrate defenders were able to stall McClellan, while the ironclad Virginia failed to sink the union fleet around the peninsula. McClellan captured Norfolk, won a ... , W.T. Sherman, Grant's right hand man, invaded Georgia. Sherman, a wily manvuerer, used his suproir numbers to outflank Johnston, who was reinfored by Polk. Johnston, ...

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... in mainstream society, no more segregation. Ever since the African Americans had their independence in 1963, the white people started to appreciate them for who they are as musicians, athletes, pastors, poets, mayors and inventors. Through the years they loved Negro music from 1920 - 2003, the United ... one young slave that made headlines about being pregnant by Thomas Jefferson and her self and her name was Sally Hemings, born in 1773 in the state of Virginia, a slave of African and European descent; Hemings, along with her mother and siblings, moved to Monticello where Thomas Jefferso...

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... are stopping to pick berries and drink water too much. The Union Army finally met the Confederates 25 miles to southwest of Washington, near Manassas, Virginia. The Confederates 35,000 soldiers ran and attacked McDowell's and were losing. Then one of the soldiers saw General "Stonewall" Jackson with his army ... When they reached New Orleans on the 25th, the city surrendered. The other battle was called the Seven Days Battle. This battle occurred in Virginia on June 26, 1862. As McDowell's army fought General Jeb Stuart's, the Confederates failed to do an attack and they lost over 20,000...

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... assignment was to assist in the design and construction of a U.S. army fort in Georgia. After his mission in Georgia, he went back to his home state, Virginia. There he met a woman by the name of Mary Anne Custis. Eventually, after courting, they fell in love and got married. With training at West Point ... Robert saw that the issue of slavery was tearing the nation apart and he was scared. He didn't know what he would do if Virginia seceded from the nation. Would he stay loyal to the union or fight for the state he grew up in? The time came for him to ... late. Lee made his decision....

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... second lieutenant. He was stationed near St. Louis Missouri ant Jefferson Barracks. It was there that he met and fell in love with Julia Dent who was the daughter of a local planter and the sister of one of his classmates at West Point. They became engaged. The threat of war with ... the Union both the Tennessee and the Cumberland Rivers. At Fort Donelson the Confederate General Simon B. Buckner, one of Grants West Point classmates and the man who had loaned him money to rejoin his family, asked for a truce. Grant's answer became famous. "No terms except an unconditional and immediate sur...

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... . 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 ... was not dependent on slave labor to grow and produce. Kentucky's role with slavery was based more on trade, providing a large income for those who sold them to the southern states. Kentucky's government was divided by the fact that Governor Beriah Magoffin was proslavery, while the legislation was pro- ... ...

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... why this happened. The book examines slavery in great detail and uses Virginia as an example of how America's history was shaped. Much of the book seemed to focus too much on ... the history of Virginia, rather than the issues of slavery. Morgan also seems to only portray Virginia and colonial life as harsh, brutal, evil, and frightful. Surely there must have ... Morgan also describes in great detail a parallel in developments of commercial interests, trade, migration patterns, and acquisition of money between Virginia and Britain. Finally in the last chapter of the book, Morgan attempts...

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... General-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 and ... 7, 1862, Lincoln replaced McClellan with General Ambrose E. Burnside. In the Battle of Fredericksbury, Burnside's forces were defeated somehow in a series of attacks against entrenc...

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... River by cutting off the South from the west, complicating the communication between the two. The last role was to capture the capital of the Confederate States of America, Richmond, Virginia. Politically, the plan was appealing; it permitted time for disposition to cool and encouraged the possibility of a peaceful return of the Union. Militarily, the Plan's goal was to engage in ... the North's overpowering advantages in population and industrial potency and accepted the imperative value of control over the Mississippi River Valley. The most important coastal section was Hampton Roads ...

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... ;leave the Union–at any time, that the Constitution was a "compact" or agreement among the states. Northerners rejected that notion as opposed to the will of the Founding Fathers who said they were setting up a perpetual union. Senator Stephen A. Douglas proclaimed the doctrine of territorial or "popular" sovereignty – which declared that the settlers in a territory had the ... damage done, and Britain paid the U.S. $15 million in 1871. Rivers The 1862 Union strategy called for simultaneous advances along four axis. McClellan would lead the main thrust in Virginia towards Richmond. Oh...

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... presidents 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 ... in the conflict between France and Britain. Jefferson lost the presidency to James Madison in 1809. At the age of 76 Jefferson founded the University of Virginia. He died on July 4, 1826 on the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence (Brief). The 16th pr...

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... made it much harder for the entire slave population to be completely freed. The Proclamation also supported the recruitment of African American soldiers, who made an important impact to the Union war battle. The proclamation would only apply to the Confederate States, as an act to seize ... enemy resources. Although it was one of the more controversial aspects of the Proclamation. African men, who were fighting for their own deliverance, had redoubled their efforts to join the army. The army eventually accepted them, but had made it clear ... 1860. After South Carolina seceded, other s...

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... of the early important battles of the American Civil War, in which the Confederate troops defeated the Union troops. It was fought in and near Fredericksburg, Virginia, December 13-15, 1862. The contending forces were the Union Army of the Potomac with 122,000 troops and 312 guns, under Ambrose Everett Burnside, ... 78,500 men and 270 guns, under Robert E. Lee. After the Battle of Antietam in September 1862, Lee withdrew from Maryland to Virginia, and the federal government decided that a counteroffensive was strategically in order. Burnside intended to cross the Rappahannock River at s...

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... the United States between the Union (North) and the Confederacy (South) beginning in 1861 and finally ending in 1865. In this paper I wish to discuss the who, what, when, where, and why of before, during, and after the Civil War. There were many differences between the two sides economically, politically, and socially ... Sharpsburg, Maryland 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 whe...

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... steamer could carry enough cargo to supply several divisions quite rapidly, while the same transport by land was slower and required wagons, animals and men who also had to be supplied. The Mississippi River was the most important of all, the very lifeblood of America. When the southern states seceded, ... 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...

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... against slavery, is but a half-hearted business?Frederick Douglas 1861. There were many events leading up to the emancipation proclamation. There was John C. Fremont who freed slaves issuing his own illegal proclamation. There were seven different bills in the north dealing with emancipation and compfiscation of rebel property and how to ... A confiscation act authorized the seizure of the property of person in rebellion against the United States; they mostly state that all of their slaves who come within Union lines shall be forever free. From the beginning of the war leading up to the...

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... 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 ... found infantry as well as Calvary blocking their way, they would surrender and stop the bloodshed. The next morning the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia gave one final Rebel Yell and charged the Union line. The attack pushed back the Union cavalry, but as the Confederates pushed forward, ... by...

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... of Gettysburg was called "Pickets Charge". It was the battle that ended the battle of Gettysburg. The thing that started this battle was General Lee invaded Northern Virginia, Pennsylvania area to help prevent fighting in Virginia and bring the Union army out of its protection and defenses. Another time during this whole battle, a colonel named Joshua A. Chamberlain ran out of ammunition and ... ...

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... it meant war. He eventually raised an army and navy of nearly 3 million northern men to face a southern army of over 2 million soldiers. In battles fought from Virginia to California (but mainly in Virginia, in the Mississippi River Valley, and along the border states) a great civil war tore the United States apart. In pursuing victory, Lincoln assumed extra-legal powers over the ... ...

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... Lee's first invasion of the North. After a victory at the Second Battle of Bull Run, Lee decided to invade Maryland, an effort to move the fighting away from war-torn Virginia as well as cut off the North's supply lines. (Civil War, American) In addition, he hoped that a successful invasion might force European nations to recognize the Confederacy. He moved from ... Virginia across the Potomac River into Maryland and sent most of his men under General Jackson to Harper's Ferry. The remainder of the troops pushed forward under Lee to Antietam Creek, ... ...

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... Liberator in 1821, and Harriet Beecher Stowe, who wrote Uncle Tom's Cabin in 1852. Some believed 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 ... 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 amendme...

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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 ... over Mississippi and splitting the Confederacy in two. Four months later Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address to a crowd, gathered to dedicate part of the field as a cemetery for the thousands who h...

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... 1809 in Hardin County, Kentucky. His ancestry was English. His father Thomas Lincoln was born on January 6, 1778 in Rockingham County, Virginia and died on January 15, 1851 in Coles Country, Illinois. His father was a farmer, and the carpenter. His mother Nancy Hanks Lincoln was born ... Bush Johnston Lincoln, was born on December 12, 1788 in Hardin County Kentucky, and died April 10, 1869 in Charleston, Illinois. His wife Mary Todd who was born on December 13, 1818 in Lexington, Kentucky and died on July 16, 1882 in Springfield, Illinois. He got married on November 4, 1842 ... they saw ...

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