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to the ideological complexities of that war. Tearing the nation apart in the middle 1800s, this war is most often remembered as r...

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...

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...

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

of the intelligensia of the period to realize that the revolution would, by definition, evolve from the most non-urbanized corners...

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

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

construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...

maritime warfare spawned such innovations as human powered underwater vessels that harbored explosive charges connected to spars t...

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...

was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...

publicized achievements, the Birmingham Bus Boycott in which hundreds of blacks practically shut down the bus system by their non-...

is influences upon the Civil War were such that had he not been a primary participant in the battle, history would have recorded t...

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

hold up to the demand. Each time the demand grew so did the number of black farmers who toiled the land. Cotton was not the only...

also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...

sub-human and not capable of sharing the same type of human fears and emotions as true human beings. The assurance of inferiority ...

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

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

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

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

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...

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 ...

and shift the direction of battles at almost every turn. Belle Boyd Boyd was perhaps one of the best known spies of her time....