Rise to Rebellion By: Jeff Shaara Historical-Fiction Rise to Rebellion‚ by Jeff Shaara‚ is the first volume to Shaara’s two-part chronicle of the entire American Revolution; starting with the events of the Boston Massacre in March of 1770 and ending with the signing of The Declaration of Independence in 1776. Shaara attempts to relate to us the events as if each character he focuses on is telling the reader the story directly. In attempting to do this Shaara provides us with personal experiences
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Blood ... Terror ...and Insanity are 3 words you can use to explain Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers. It recalls the Vietnam War through the eyes of Richard Perry‚ an African-American soldier. Perry goes through a lot of changes and sees some of his good friends die in battle fighting for a cause that no one could agree upon. The book has 4 other main characters‚ Lobel‚ Johnson‚ Brunner‚ and Peewee. Myers’ Fallen Angels takes a dive into the harsh reality of modern war. The realistic depictions
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Speeches have been in throughout time and life‚ when your principal was giving a speech at your school assembly or during a graduation when a teacher speaks to the new graduated students to get ready for life up ahead for them. But what about speeches for battle? There are two speeches that are about battle‚ “Beowulf” and “Speech Before Her Troops.” In “Beowulf” it is about a general named Wiglaf that is going with his comrades to fight a dragon for his king and his land‚ but then they left him and
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Shots rang out at Chancellorsville‚ Virginia! The bloody battle lasted from April 30 to May 6. The Battle at Chancellorsville started with the Union army crossing Rappahannock River on the morning of April 27‚ 1863. On May 1‚ general Joseph Hooker of the Union advanced from Chancellorsville toward general Robert E. Lee‚ but general Lee split his army‚ leaving a small group at Fredericksburg to discourage Major General John Sedgwick from advancing‚ while he attacked Hooker’s force with about four-fifths
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“Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts‚” written by Bruce Catton compares and contrasts the characteristics and lives of two leaders of the Civil War. Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee‚ two very strong and very different generals‚ met on April 9‚ 1865 at Appomattox Court House in Virginia to bring to a close the Civil War. By this time‚ America had become a country that was starting over with the simple core belief in equal rights for everyone. Lee‚ who is from Virginia‚ had very traditional and
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“Grant and Lee: A study in Contrasts” By Bruce Catton Bruce Catton’s purpose in writing was to explain how the two generals personalities were different. “They were two strong men‚ these oddly different generals‚ and they represented the strengths of two conflicting currents that‚ through them‚ had come into final collision.” “Lee was tidewater Virginia‚ and in his background were family‚ culture‚ and tradition the age of chivalry transplanted to a New World which was making its own legends
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The Killer Angels Michael Shaara In The Killer Angels‚ one of the ideas and themes that Michael Shaara expresses is that no matter how loyal you are to the cause of what you’re fighting for and the war that you are struggling through‚ you always have a much more stronger loyalistic feeling and connection toward the people that you love the most. An example of this is when Chamberlain uses his brother‚ Tom‚ to plug a gap in the brigade line during a particular moment of battle. After subconsciously
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Battle of Antietam The Battle of Antietam‚ fought along the Antietam River in Sharpsburg‚ Maryland‚ began on September 16‚ 1862. Robert E. Lee was the South’s general and George McClellan was the North’s general. This was the first battle of the American Civil War fought on the Union’s side. Unfortunately for the Confederacy‚ their battle plans had been left at a campsite. A Union soldier found the plans and gave them to General McClellan. During this battle‚ the North had about 75‚000 soldiers
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