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    At first the civil War was about saving the Union‚ but it became much more when the debate of slavery in the North and South came about. Sectionalism became a problem. Copperheads were Northern Democrats who opposed the Civil War; they wanted peace in the South. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederate States. Davis argued against secession‚ he was not as successful as President Lincoln. In the 1860’s‚ soldiers of the Union and the Confederate started deserting the army. The North and

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    The Civil War

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    Inaugural Address and Success is Counted Sweetest were referenced about the Civil War. Lincoln’s Second Inaugural Address took Socrate’s rhetorical approach in that Lincoln tried to influence the souls of his audience. Dickinson’s Success is Counted Sweetest was less direct to her audience but nonetheless conveyed her message go triumph being more significant to he who failed rather than to he who attained victory. The Civil War‚ according to Lincoln‚ was God’s will for punishment against the slavery

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    Brothers fighting brothers‚ a country imploding in itself‚ the world is an antithesis of what auspicious t it is today. A country separated by gender‚ race‚ religion‚ and class is that really a Union? The Civil War has begun‚ a fight not yet for the freedom of slaves but a fight to mold two sides of a coin into one. The oppressed brethren are reluctant to fight and why shouldn’t they be through all the injustices the Union has placed upon them? Regardless‚ Alfred M. Green delivers a speech in an

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    American Civil War

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    American Civil War American Civil War‚ was a four-year war (186165) between the federal government of the United States and 11 Southern states that asserted their right to secede from the Union. The secession of the Southern states in 1860–61 and the ensuing outbreak of armed hostilities were the culmination of decades of growing sectional friction over the related issues of slavery‚ trade and tariffs‚ and the doctrine of states’ rights. This friction arose out of fundamental

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    In the nineteenth century‚ the great nation of America that had been so successfully founded and developed by its united citizens was threatened by civil war. The early part of the century sought compromise that would end disputes between the Northern and Southern regions of the country; however‚ by 1850‚ tensions between the two parties had risen far beyond conciliation. These tensions that made compromise impossible centered mostly on the issue of slavery‚ and the zeal that many people had in defending

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    Women In The Civil War

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    Women Who Fought In the Civil War Submitted By: Tierahnee Balfour History 2010 Enhanced Mrs. Teresa Prober 19 October 2012 It is an accepted convention that the Civil War was a man’s fight‚ but to the women in that time period‚ it was not. Many women sacrificed their lives to fight for their family and for their country. The Civil War is symbolic in American history because it shaped society‚ as we know it today‚ “Free of slavery”. During the Civil War‚ women were mostly confined

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    tempting to argue that battles and entire wars are exactly as they seem. This common problem is readily found in two wars fought in the 1860s: the American Civil War (1861-1865) and the Austro-Prussian War (1866). However‚ while it is easy to consider the American Civil War as simply a war fought by the Union to maintain territorial integrity throughout the relatively young United States‚ and the Austro-Prussian War as merely the “middle” war of the three wars of German Unification meant to expand “German”

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    The Civil War in Alabama

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    The Civil War: Tuscaloosa’s Involvement Throughout history‚ America has been involved in many wars. No war hit quite as close to home as the Civil War. Brothers fought against brothers‚ and families were torn apart. Living in the United States during this time was rough‚ but living in the south was even harder. Tuscaloosa‚ being so close to the University of Alabama‚ played a significant role in the Civil War; it is important to understand Tuscaloosa’s involvement in the Civil War. The

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    The American Civil War

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    The American Civil War Catalog of Microform (Research Collections‚ Serials‚ and Dissertations) http://www.proquest.com/en-US/catalogs/collections/rc-search.shtml umisalesinfo@proquest.com 800.521.0600 ext. 2793 or 734.761.4700 ext. 2793 USC003-03 updated May 2010 Table of Contents About This Catalog ............................................................................................... 3 The Advantages of Microform ........................................................

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    Civil War Timeline

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    Civil War Timeline 1834 – Village of St. Joseph created‚ a busy Lake Michigan port with a long history of trade (local) 1837 – Michigan joins the Union as a free state (local) 1843 – Quaker & Abolitionist James E. Bonine arrives in Cass County (abolition) 1847 – Kentucky Slave Raid‚ Cass County (abolition) 1849 – Henry Morton builds home‚ still standing in Benton Township (local) 1850 – New‚ stricter Fugitive Slave Act passed (abolition) 1857 – Sojourner Truth settles in Michigan and speaks

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