I. INTRODUCTION Before the Civil War the North prohibited slavery while the South did not. The North had no reason to use slaves, but in the South there were sugar and cotton plantations. So large plantation owners would buy around three to four hundred slaves to pick the cotton or cut down t...

Was Gettysburg really the turning point in the Civil War? "Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that n...

The Story of Gettysburg Prelude to Gettysburg; Lee Marches North Early in June 1863, The Confederates were using Shepard Valley to hide their movements through the northern territory. Lee's army consisted of General Ewell in the front, followed by General Longstreet, and A.P. Hill. Unio...

When I was seven years old and my father was laid off from his construction job which took half of our family's income away. He knew that we were in trouble so the very next day he went in search of a new company to hire him and on the weekends he worked several side jobs at a time. Seven days ...

During 1863, the Civil War continued to wage on between the two extremely divided factions. In the first two years of the Civil War, neither side had gained any real advantage. Thirty-three conflicts occurred leading up to the Battle of Gettysburg, some major and some minor, but none had the effec...

Plot Summary: The Killer Angels tells in great detail, the story of the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863, the Confederate and Union armies fought the largest and deadliest battle of the Civil War. Gettysburg was the battle that would prove to be the beginning of the end for the Confederate c...