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The turning point for the American Civil War was the Battle of Gettysburg, one conflict of many that stood out as instrumental in ...

the vision to build a railroad across the Sierra Nevada mountains in California, and then to continue the railroad across the Unit...

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

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

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

to. For example, during the Civli War , the Confederacy imposed a national draft (Miller & Faux, 1997). The union would also impl...

them to finance imports" (Fogel and Engerman PG). South Slavery, because it was so economically viable in the South, would neve...

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

suited to fast action and hand-to-hand combat. The jineta saddle has short stirrups that cause the rider to bend his knees, allow...

Orend points out that the mere threat of war, or mutual dislike and disdain, are not necessarily indicators of war. "The conflict ...

new technology. With these elements in mind, the following paper examines railroads, weaponry, and ironclads as it relates to the ...

First World War, and similarly beggared the ability of contemporaries to imagine its sweep, duration and consequences."5 For one...

been various "military revolutions"-new ways of thinking about warfare that have caused complete changes in the way combat is cond...

the story opens, Tom is owned by Arthur Shelby but as the story unfolds, he is sold, where he befriends a white woman, even saving...

from east to west and the number of states was growing with that expansion (Foner and Garraty, 1991). Among the more precipitory ...

had no voice at all. Jefferson Davis accused the North of wanting "an unjust system of legislation to promote the industry of the...

However, there are many tribal and ethnic divisions within these and so, it is difficult for all of them to get together and form ...

Ordinance was one of the earliest reflections of the importance of the issue of slavery in this nation. There were many more refl...

for caring for the wounded (Holder, 2003). For the first time in American history, women were asked to leave their homes and act...

et al, 2000). And the settlers brought diseases with them against which the Indians had no defense, wiping them out in large numbe...

All five opposed King Richard III and, at various times, were personally accused of treason by Richard. Chapter 2 gives a brief in...

he unravels the various people involved that served under, and aside from, Lincoln. While one could argue that his work, and sourc...

This research paper explores the topic of "hard war," which was authorized by Lincoln and implemented by Sherman in his March of t...

The Cold War between the West and the Soviet Union (USSR) was at it's height in 1979, the year in which the Iranian Revolution to...

1297 The Spanish Civil War marked a...

determining the direction that this country would ultimately take (McPherson, 1988). There were many individuals in the yea...

Lincoln, and Northerners in general, are popularly seen as advocates for the black race. However, what is less well-known is that ...

argues that "Common sense, the necessities of the war, to say nothing of the dictation of justice and humanity have at last prevai...

In seven pages this paper examines the changes that occurred in medicine as a result of the U.S. civil war and how these changes i...

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