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U.S. Government Agency the Secret Service

In six pages this paper discusses the Secret Service from its pre Civil War origins to the present day protection of U.S. Presiden...

Civil War's Medical Conditions

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...

Gods and Generals by Jeff Shaara

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

U.S. Civil War and Maneuver Warfare

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

U.S. Civil War Gen. Joseph Hooker

chose to split the Confederate army into two groups, nonetheless. "Lee left 10,000 men under Jubal Early, while he and Thomas Ston...

US Civil War and the Westward Expansion

had been a part of the Southern way of life for 200 years and they people believed it was a part of their culture (Leidner, 2000)....

US Civil War and Women in Combat

the importance of such an exhibit runs far deeper than merely providing a source of interest for a curious community, because it u...

Civil War and the Evolution of Warfare in Terms of Naval Power

in weaponry which were unveiled during this time. The evolution of projectiles, for example, had just moved weaponry from relying...

U.S. Civil War and Reasons for the South's Loss

that served as the primary reason that numerous white Americans were able to participate in other interests and occupations withou...

Myths and Reality of the U.S. Reconstruction Period

in the end, a worse war swept into the South, full of empty promises for social reforms, which never materialized. For a good whil...

U.S. Civil War and Major Political Figures

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

Rebellions and Slave Revolts

In nine pages this paper discusses the rebellions and slave revolts that occurred around the U.S. Civil War period as described in...

Kenneth Stammp's The Era of Reconstruction 1865-1877

of Negroes were literate." Slavery had given few opportunities to develop initiative or to think independently. A writer for Harp...

Ending Slavery with the Civil War

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

Recruitment Techniques in the U.S. Military Since the Civil War

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

Combating Philosophies and the U.S. Civil War

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

Fort Pickens and Fort Barrancas

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

1820 and 1850 Compromises

states and what free states could join the Union in order to maintain a balance wherein slave states never had the upper hand it s...

Aspects of U.S. History - Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement

well as the case that finally struck down the concept of "separate but equal" in terms of education, and mandating that all school...

The Last Full Measure by Jeff Shaara

civilized nation. While historians blame Grants lackadaisical resolve to enforce Reconstruction laws, that slavery was ever sough...

Civil War and the North's Naval Blockade

the North of "Confederate" pirates, it also provided more control for the blockade (McPherson, 370). Ship Island in New Orleans fo...

African Amercan Soldiers in the U.S. Civil War

highly supportive of abolitionists. In fact, just prior to the bravery shown at Wagner by the 54th regiment, Democratic rioters in...

Civil War Era and Black Emancipation

repugnant. In exploring the time period before the Civil War, Equaino (1998) takes one on a journey through the 1700s slave trad...

Political and Economic Reasons Why The South Lost The Civil War

deal to do with the fall of the South as well. The belief was that British debt holders that supported the South ended up taking t...

Military Strategic Changes Influenced by Napoleon Bonaparte

were clearly relevant. During the American Civil War, some of the techniques were used. However, cavalry would not perform trad...

Civil War Weapons and Military Strategy

a long growing season in very fertile soils. The northern winters were long and did not provide for an adequate growing season to...

No Civil War: a Retrospective

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...

Confederate Black Soldiers

defeats later, which included the devastating defeats at Gettysburg and Vicksburg. The Confederate Congress finally relented in M...

Were the Confederate States Manipulated into Striking First by President Abraham Lincoln?

the nations history forever. "We have in this nation the element of domestic slavery. The Republican Party think it wrong - we t...

Overview of the 1857 Dred Scott U.S. Supreme Court Decision

in his 1859 examination of the case points out that the US Supreme Court in hearing this case was also concerned with issues of co...