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white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

was taken prisoner three times, and escaped three times. He was grazed or hit by Yankee bullets on numerous occasions, and once, h...

is an extremely interesting account of the plight of the American black after the Civil War. Written from the viewpoint of Gideon...

finally received the freedom they so desperately wanted. When the Reconstruction Period arrived, it looked as though blacks were ...

The North and the South had become separated by economics and ideology. They had, in fact, become very separate regions. The North...

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

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...

Online 2002, PG). Of the nine principles of war that were used in this particular battle, the one most used was that of objective...

civil buildings, there have been a number of issues come to the fore. There are many aspects that have been addressed over...

chose to split the Confederate army into two groups, nonetheless. "Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, while he and Thomas Ston...

of Irish counties with English settlers in the hopes that the Irish would adopt the political, social and religion of the English....

be fired (Crossby, 2002). Upon a discovery that the Scots had been making plans with the French he again decided attack wit...

boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...

of Benjamin Franklin Ferris, 2002). In August of 1861 Ferris signed up to join Captain H. Cook who was recruiting soldiers to go ...

Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia decided that they would succeed from the union and...

materiel that were used during each war. The first war to be fought by Americans, and on American soil was the American...

1909, the Wright brothers built the first "heavier than air flying machine" based on Army Aviation specifications. During World Wa...

Breaches of this then become political tools for opposition parties and candidates, with the government as an employer needing to ...

did not engage in combat (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). However, these statistics are deceiving because most of the northern r...

of intellectuals, students and mass media, as well as laborers and farmers, have helped to undercut the militarys power (Pathmanan...

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 ...

the government have the right to act? By what measure can one say that an existing government is a rightful one? Hobbess...

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 ...

This research report looks at reform in the United Kingdom and the history of civil service is discussed. Reform is the focus of a...

of Negroes were literate." Slavery had given few opportunities to develop initiative or to think independently. A writer for Harp...

limited (Vasile The Union Soldier, His Life and Times: A Modern Interpretation of a 19th Century Experience). However, technologi...

In eight pages this paper examines Algerian history during this time period in terms of the increased pressures for civil and poli...