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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. ...

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

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...

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

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

Nor was it uncommon for these "belles" to become involved in politics, which would have been unheard of before the war (Clinton et...

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

made some states different than others, thus leading to further illustrate different ideals as well as different politics and econ...

book is not on any one person, but on the war and the period of Reconstruction that followed. Having said that, its still possible...

by the slave states because they had the potential of tipping the scales in one direction or another in regard to free verses slav...

a portrait of a gracious and elegant way of life populated by generous masters and happy "darkies" one of whom, Big Sam, even risk...

we can talk about what is getting ready to explode right under our feet. I know that many of your cousins and friends are reading...

causes were paramount in the instigation of World War I, but these factors alone would not have been sufficient to cause a war wit...

Sudanese government can be trusted to look after its own citizens there" ("No Help Needed, Thank You Very Much"). The outlook for ...

analysis and interpretation of the material led him to conclude that the Restoration was a success, particularly in light of the p...

have any solid answer. The following paper examines reasons why the South lost, and focuses on the fact that it likely lost due to...

lived simply, many people were middle class as well. In the South the focus was on plantations, farming, and the people were essen...

assistance from the government. Another problem involving the land was the fact that aristocrats were buying up large tracts and ...

to believe that he was the cause of the war (Caesar, 2007). He went so far as to offer to disband his army, provided Pompey did ...

cessation.4 But, when Mississippi chose, outwardly, to secede he removed himself from the Senate.5 He "hoped to receive a prominen...

or that Lee wanted to resign after Gettysburg. Ordinary people behave in ordinary ways. The North was shocked and dismayed by the...

they played no role in politics. Middle class and wealthy women, particularly married middle class and wealthy women, however, pl...

the north prior to and during the war, the political shift in power with the south remaining weak in the national forum for decade...

had an impact on both the war protestors and the Civil Rights activists. If every person has an inherent worth, then anything that...

"twelve infantry regiments, two cavalry regiments, a handful of artillery batteries, and a variety of smaller organizations" (Cole...

act of not being obedient. He contrasted the longevity of nature with the ethereal nature of that manmade contrivance we call gov...

is exciting-it is New York, after all-and hes happy to be there, living in safety with the woman who adopted him as her son. But l...

results (Posen, n.d.). When the rats were examined, they had "swollen and hyperactive adrenal glands, shrunken immune tissue (thym...

square miles and Franklin County Pennsylvania encompasses approximately 772 square miles. Despite their similarity in size, howev...