In the first three days of July 1863, one of the most decisive battles of the Civil War occurred. It is one of the most well known American battles. Gettysburg challenged the stragedic minds of many great Generals. It pushed soldiers' physaical being to the absolute max and some say it was one ...

The First Bull Run was the first major battle of the war and would occur in northern Virginia right next to the capital. Northern spectators came to watch the battle because they were sure the union would win but the confederates won much to their dismay. Because of this battle both sides realiz...

Anna Blair Etheridge was an honored civil war nurse. She was well known to the people who fought in the war. Information about her childhood is scarce. She joined the army as a cook, and ended up being a nurse. She devoted her life to the army from the first battle at Blackburn&apos...

The Killer Angels is a book about the battle at Gettysburg, a battle of the Civil War that changed it's very direction. The book is told from several points of views, going through each day and telling the stories of several officers present at the Battle of Gettysburg in the summer of 1863. The boo...

"I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me," Abraham Lincoln said in a letter to A. G. Hodges, April 4, 1864. Although there have been many American presidents there is one that stands out among the rest. He died doing what he did best. Abraham Linco...

Surprise: A Principle of War The military is an ever-changing profession. Technology, tactics, and objectives are constantly changing, even in peacetime. The science of war has evolved drastically since the very first battle fought on American soil, but the art of war has remained constant si...

John Brown once said, "Now, if it is deemed necessary that I should forfeit my life for the furtherance of the ends of justice, and mingle my blood further with the blood of my children and with the blood of millions in this slave country whose tights are disregarded by wicked, cruel, and unjus...

Did the South have a chance to win the Civil War 1861-1865? In his book entitled Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, author James M. McPherson believes that there were three major turning points that concluded a Union victory. 1. The Northern Victory at the Battle of Antietam/Sharpsbu...

For my report I choose to do the battles of the civil war and read The United States in the Civil War by Don Lawson copyright 1977. The war was not about slavery but it was about the north (union) trying to keep the states together and the south (confederate) trying to be independent. The fi...

The American Civil War was one of the largest in world history. The number of American lives lost in this war had never been heard of, nor has it been. The fighting that took place tore our nation apart and we still feel the effects 135 years later. This war is so widely written about, that it ...

Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee, who was considered to be the greatest soldier fighting for the Confederate States of America, descended from a long line of famous heroes. Many of Lee's ancestors played important roles in America's history. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and a friend of George ...

Throughout the course of history, there have been many civil wars. In those civil wars, many persons fought and died in battles to defend their beliefs. In the aftermath of a major battle, a people's morale is as shattered and broken as the bodies of those that were slain. Following the batt...

Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee, who was considered to be the greatest soldier fighting for the Confederate States of America, descended from a long line of famous heroes. Many of Lee's ancestors played important roles in America's history. His father was a Revolutionary War hero and a ...

William Tecumseh Sherman was born on May 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. He received his education at the United States Military Academy and then eventually became a Union General in the U.S. civil war. Sherman declared his resignation from the army in 1853 and became a banking firm in Sa...

General Sherman and the Civil War William Tecumseh Sherman was born on May 8, 1820 in Lancaster, Ohio. He was educated at the U.S. Military Academy and later went on to become a Union General in the U.S. civil war. Sherman resigned from the army in 1853 and became a partner in a banking...

The Civil War, which began in 1861, was fought for a variety of reasons. One reason would be the dispute between sides about the federal government. The two sides could not agree on what powers the states did and did not possess. A major issue in this was the dispute over slavery. Southern states be...

"The removal of General McClellan represents a lost for the army of the Potomac and a victory for the interfering politicians in Washington." General McClellan is an officer whom proved to be better at organization and training than at fighting. His removal left the army of the Potomac wi...

Oration is a formal speech one given at a ceremony. Two of the best orator gave two of the most famous public speeches ever made in the history of our planet: Pericles' Funeral Oration and Abraham Lincoln 's Gettysburg Address. Both speeches were delivered to commemorate those troops wh...

The Emancipation Proclamation was written by Abraham Lincoln to put a stop to the war. It was issued in our nation's capital, Washington, D.C. on Sept 22,1862, and put into effect on Jan 1, 1863. When Lincoln was writing the emancipation proclamation he said, " my main struggle ...

Abraham Lincoln With his cabinet Abraham Lincoln is regarded by many historians as the greatest president ever to stand at America's helm. This reputation is extremely well deserved, as Lincoln was able to preserve the Union and gain victory in the civil war, despite his fighting an uphill bat...

The Civil War was a time in America's history that remains bitter and controversial. American bullets pierced American hearts. American fathers killed American sons. Yet if it had not taken place, the United States of America would have been torn in two. Many say that the turning point of ...

Values Worth Fighting For When a country goes to war they are fighting to defend what they believe in. Each battle and every victim helps decide how the opponent will have to compromise at the end of the war. But why must they compromise? And how significant is every dead soldier when you're f...

The campaign for presidency in 1872 is often seen to be the most gruesome campaign in United States history. While Grant's administration was suffering from corruption, Greeley was simply a backup nominee for the Liberals. Both parties had political cartoonists to do their "mudslinging&...

It is often said that the south couldn't have won the civil war, well this essay is going to reflect the various ways in which the Southern states attempted to fight a losing battle from the beginning. The economic dependency of the South on cotton on slavery was well known, whereas the North h...

Sojourner Truth was born under the name Isabella Van Wagener. This was not even her last name but her masters last name because slaves went by their master's last name. She had at least five children with another slave that her master married her to named Thomas. For a while she lived in slavery...