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American Civil War and Baseball

In five pages what would become the great American pastime as it was played during the Civil War is examined. Seven sources are c...

An Examination of American History from 1865 until 1920

as some type of punishment. According to Burkin (1999), the question of the black "freedmen" was also a thorny one. Some politic...

Victims A True Story of the Civil War by Phillip Shaw Paludan

was the enemy. Most Americans, when they think of the reasons for the Civil war, will name slavery as a major issue dividing th...

Overview of the Civil War Battle of Gettysburg

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...

Blacks in Uniform in the American Civil War

mistresses to look after them."4 As noted, some blacks did believe this and fought for the South, an unsettling idea at best; but ...

An American Shame - The Ku Klux Klan

a reputation for brilliant cavalry tactics, was elected the leader of all the Klan organizations, with the title of Grand Wizard (...

Our Fondness for the Civil War

the Civil War. Those that supported the Civil War justified it on a number of grounds. Many even did so in religious terms, hai...

Historians' Unending Perpetuation of the Memory of the Civil War

about battle strategy or about the lives of those that fought the war. On the surface at least it is about the impact the war has...

No Civil War: a Retrospective

choice. There were very few people left who believed in the old slave system at that time. If the North had not brought the war to...

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara

proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...

Thomas Jefferson, Slavery, the Civil War, and 'the American Dilemma'

of effecting what is right" (The American Dilemma). There are many factors that can be cited as the cause for the Civil...

Southern Slavery and its Social Status

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

Post Civil War South Carolina

out buildings and heavy damages to their property. These people, who had formerly just grown food crops, began to attempt to grow...

U.S. Civil War and Maneuver Warfare

would support the opposite, namely, a "slow, feeble, disorganized attack" (Hughes, 2002). He also explains this strategy based on ...

US South and Reconstruction's Impact

to what should be done in the area of reconstructing after the Civil War. THE POLITICAL SITUATION AFTER THE WAR Needless to say ...

U.S. Civil War Gen. Joseph Hooker

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

The English Civil War and Puritanism and the American Colonies

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

Puritanism and the English Civil War

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

North and South Advantages During the Civil War

However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...

Historical Overview of Black Education in the United States

color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a ...

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara and the Depiction of Civil War Generals Longstreet and Lee

South possessed a code of honor that would see it through, the honor and commitment in the face of which no Yankee could stand. Ro...

Reconstruction and the Civil War

restore statehood after the Civil War. James McPhersons "Ordeal By Fire: The Civil War and Reconstruction", however, is particula...

Overview of the English Civil War

Charles came to the throne already at a disadvantage. For one thing, he was involved in a marriage with a French princess, which h...

Post Civil War African Americans

blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...

In Favor of Civil Disobedience

kill. They are trained to do this in order to eliminate their own risk of death. The use of deadly force is justified because offi...

Civil War Fighting and the Need of Manpower

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

US Civil War and Women in Combat

the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...

Civil War and the Evolution of Warfare in Terms of Naval Power

in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...

U.S. Civil War and Reasons for the South's Loss

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

US Civil War and the Westward Expansion

had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....