Essays 211 - 240
offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...
a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...
was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...
In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...
In ten pages this paper examines this Civil War blockade and what it strategically represented to Northern troops. Eight sources ...
In five pages this paper considers the Northern participation in the Civil War in a consideration of the 2.5 civilian volunteers i...
participated as a foot soldier for the duration. It details Rhodes impressive ascent through the infantry ranks, beginning first ...
of Negroes were literate." Slavery had given few opportunities to develop initiative or to think independently. A writer for Harp...
Consequently, Prussia grew bitter over what it viewed as the robbery of two traditionally German provinces. By the mid-1860s, the ...
This research report examines the Civil War and policy issues. Both civilian and military life are noted. This five page paper has...
In seven pages this paper examines the role military intelligence played in the Civil War with the Gettysburg campaign the primary...
The battle at hand is what is the focus of attention of this five page report that makes use of five references. The Battle of Get...
as some type of punishment. According to Burkin (1999), the question of the black "freedmen" was also a thorny one. Some politic...
was the enemy. Most Americans, when they think of the reasons for the Civil war, will name slavery as a major issue dividing th...
In nine pages this pivotal battle of the Civil War is examined in an overview of the events leading to it and a listing of officer...
thirty years prior to the outbreak of war, they were limited to a few heavily-populated urban areas. However, during the War, it ...
In five pages what would become the great American pastime as it was played during the Civil War is examined. Seven sources are c...
hold in favor of Scotts claim (PG). However, the U.S. Constitution did not support Scotts assumption. It was a complicated issue ...
In five pages this report examines how lives were impacted by the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in a consideration of ...
the masses; and the inspiration by some other outside cause. With respect to one whose actions instigated World War II, all of th...
would have been changed forever. Still, Davis was a leader in his own right. He was the only president of the Confederate States o...
"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...
act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...
was a client war, which is defined as a war where two sides fight in a third country. In Korea, the U.S. fought directly against t...
by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...
equality to all its citizens. Historians have argued that the U.S. was doomed to fight the Civil War when it wrote a Constitution...
the Civil War. Those that supported the Civil War justified it on a number of grounds. Many even did so in religious terms, hai...
cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...
were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...
by the reality of war. Their psyches have been reduced to the common denominator that is dictated by whatever has to be done in or...