Lee's Surrender Some people believe that Robert E. Lee did not have that much influence on the South. They believe that he was a just a great general and that he didn't have much impact on the Confederate states. These people must have been from the North because General Robert E. Lee had...

By late afternoon, on the 2nd July, 1863, after fierce hand to hand fighting, Major General John B. Hood's 3rd Division's flanking attack on Big Round Top had been successful. Meade realising the lack of troops on the Round Tops had rushed the 1st Maine to try to thwart Jackson who having ...

Dances with Wolves Lt. John Dunbar was lying on a hospital bed, leg totally mutilated. Barely conscious, the man over heard the surgeon say he could not amputate this mans leg as tired as he was. Dunbar didn't like what he heard, so when the surgeons left, he grabbed his boat, and he slowly...

Dances with Wolves Lt. John Dunbar was lying on a hospital bed, leg totally mutilated. Barely conscious, the man over heard the surgeon say he could not amputate this mans leg as tired as he was. Dunbar didn't like what he heard, so when the surgeons left, he grabbed his boat, and he slo...

William Tecumseh Sherman made the famous and very true statement, "War is all hell!" He said this surprisingly before the Civil War. At this time he was retired from the armed forces and thought by many to be insane. Later however came the time in his life that would be taught in high ...

Battle of Gettysburg: Turning point of the war. The American people in 1860 believed they were the luckiest people alive in all the world. This was before the start of what some believe as "the first real civil war." (Catton 108). The battle, demonstrating as it did the effective...

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 ...

During the night of the April 5, 1862, Confederate commander, Albert S. Johnston, was sound asleep. Throughout his life he had reoccurring dreams in which a unicorn, with the name Shiloh, would appear and foretell what was to transpire within the next twenty-four hours. The unicorn stood tall and ...

Nick Sullo BATTLE OF BULL RUN On a warm July day in 1861, two great armies of a divided nation clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Their ranks were filled with exited young volunteers in colorful new uniforms, gathered from every part of the country. Confident their enem...

Nick Sullo BATTLE OF BULL RUN On a warm July day in 1861, two great armies of a divided nation clashed for the first time on the fields overlooking Bull Run. Their ranks were filled with exited young volunteers in colorful new uniforms, gathered from every part of the country. Confident their enem...

The Civil War yielded many changes. However it is the collaboration of events before, during, and after that makes up our nation's history. This so called "War between the States" took place between 1861 and 1865. Over those four years over 500,000 lives were lost and hun...

The Battle of Shiloh 1962 The Battle of Shiloh was one of bloodiest battles of the civil War. In fact it was one of the bloodiest battles fought on Tennessee soil. The battle was actually fought in Pittsburgh Landing Tennessee. The battle Was named after a church in th...

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 ...

George McClellan vs. U.S. Grant George McClellan and Ulysess S. Grant were two of the Civil War's most prominent Northern generals. In this essay I will describe the two generals and provide brief details on the battles they were acquainted with. George McClellan was a US Military Acad...

Fort Sumter Fort Sumter was a turning point in determining the outcome of the Civil War. Fort Sumter was built on a man-made island of seashells and granite. It was a pentagon shape that was fifty feet high and the walls were eight to twelve feet thick. Fort Sumter is located in South Carolina....

The story of Beowulf, translated by Burton Raffel, is a long narrative poem telling of a great hero's deeds or epic. Beowulf is a great hero to people all over, and he hears the word of a demon named Grendel that is terrorizing his companions, the Danes. Immediately Beowulf rounds up 14 of his men ...

Graduating drom the US Military Academy in 1829, Johnston was assigned to the 4th artillery. He resigned from the army after eight years, but in 1838 he was commissioned a first lieutenant in the Topographical Engineers, seeing service in the Seminole and Mexican Wars. On April 22, 1861 he resigned...

For my book review assignment I have chosen "From Blue to Grey", written by Gerard A. Patterson. (Mechanicsburg, PA: Stackpole Books, 2001, 131 pages). Mr. Patterson has chronicled the life of a Confederate General named Cadmus M. Wilcox, a West Point graduate who was just beginning what ...

Between the War of 1812 and 1828 many events took place that divided the still embryonic and developing United States into different sections with their own specifics interests and priorities. In 1816 Monroe was elected president. He went on a goodwill tour of the United States and brought about a f...

The Confederate flag that now flies atop the statehouse of South Carolina has been a controversial issue for over 30 years. Raised in 1962 to commemorate the Civil War's 100th anniversary, it is the only Confederate flag to wave atop any state capitol in the country, and its presence has stir...

When and Where were the Gettysburg Address given? The speech was delivered by Abraham Lincoln on Nov. 19, 1863, at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. How did the Gettysburg Address come to be? For three days in July of 1863, Union and Confed...

Lincoln was elected president in November in 1860, and took office March 4, 1861. South Carolina had threatened to secede, if Lincoln won the presidency. Four days after the election, legislature met at Charleston and South Carolina unanimously voted to secede. Six weeks later, six other states fo...

Introduction Nathan Bedford Forrest was a businessman, a slave owner, a Confederate general, and the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan. Forrest is most known for his leadership and courage during the Civil War. Although some of Forrest's ideals may be considered absurd, he was a ma...

Robert Edward Lee was born in Stradford in January 19, 1807. His father was Light Horse Henry. He had three brothers and two sisters, yet he was the youngest. His family was also was very rich. Robert E. Lee went to United States Military Academy. He spent much of his time in his library....

Gods and generals The American Civil War was a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union), and 11 secessionist Southern states, organized as the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy). It was the culmination of four decades of intense sectional conflict and it r...