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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...
is an extremely interesting account of the plight of the American black after the Civil War. Written from the viewpoint of Gideon...
maritime warfare spawned such innovations as human powered underwater vessels that harbored explosive charges connected to spars t...
of Yeoman Households" notes that in standard anti-bellum society, the white male plantation owner was the prime owner of everythin...
record of communication between Semmes and his superiors. Boykin, in his Preface, also thanks the Alderman library at the Universi...
two armies would have simply pivoted around each other and ended up in each others rear, able to march unopposed to Washington or ...
of things that are rarely mentioned in classroom history books. Most history books portray the Union troops as kind, benevolent so...
Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana, Texas and Virginia decided that they would succeed from the union and...
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...
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...
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...
blacks as second class citizens. After the Civil War, blacks earned the long-awaited right to vote and even hold office. Some le...
did not engage in combat (Matlof Multimedia U.S. History). However, these statistics are deceiving because most of the northern r...
color of their skin. One such person was Prudence Crandall, a Quaker woman, who opened a school for black girls. There was such a ...
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...
However, there were certain characteristics which applied to each side of this war, and the advantages of each were indeed impress...
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 ...
boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...
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...
to what should be done in the area of reconstructing after the Civil War. THE POLITICAL SITUATION AFTER THE WAR Needless to say ...
out buildings and heavy damages to their property. These people, who had formerly just grown food crops, began to attempt to grow...
While it certainly wasnt the only reason, slavery...
The American Civil War shook our nation like it had never been shaken before. It was a time...
to Howard Fasts 1944 novel Freedom Road that until the publications of this novel, it was a widely held opinion among the mainstre...
Blacks have...
This paper traces key events in African American history dating from the time they were free in Africa to the post Civil War era. ...