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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...

up at the time. As expressed in the infamous Port Huron Statement by Students for a Democratic Society (1962), the fear-mongering ...

The American Civil War shook our nation like it had never been shaken before. It was a time...

War, more than 3,000 freed blacks were murdered by Southern terrorist organizations. In the mythology of the "lost cause" and the ...

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...

The years between 1865 and 1877 were known as the Reconstruction era because the country was trying to recover and rebuild after t...

This book reviews pertains to Tony Horwitz's text "Midnight Rising, John Brown and the raid that sparked the Civil War," which des...

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 this report examines how lives were impacted by the Vietnam War and the civil rights movement in a consideration of ...

A 5 page overview of the book Howard Fast. The focus is on the reconstruction era. Although the slaves had been freed, black whi...

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...

point out that the subject of death and dying has taken on new meaning in recent times. There is now recognition of similar events...

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

In five pages this paper compares Barbara Brackman's text and D.W. Griffith's film in terms of how each portrayed the Civil War. ...

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

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...

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...

not assumed principal position during this, the bloodiest fight of the entire American Civil War. "Lee hoped an invasion would fu...

by more Confederate troop who had joined the fighting. Mass confusion erupted and thousands of Union troops were captured. Union ...

organizations are facing today when they try to hire or replace employees based on qualifications rather than racial, ethnic, or g...

King Charles II, the quashing of remaining rebellions in Ireland and Scotland and the installation of parliamentarian Oliver Cromw...

This research report examines the Civil War and policy issues. Both civilian and military life are noted. This five page paper has...

offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...

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

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

a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...