Petersburg and Richmond. Her presence‚ and the supplies she brought with her in three army wagons‚ was particularly welcome at the Battle of Antietam‚ where overworked surgeons were trying to make bandages out of corn husks. She organized the men to perform first aid‚ carry water‚ and prepare food for the wounded. Prior to Clara’s work with wounded soldiers‚ the military had never allowed female nurses in army camps or hospitals. Most of the supplies that Ms. Barton delivered were purchased with
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time again that he only cared about the fate of blacks as it served him and the interests of his administration. The major objective of President Lincoln’s administration was to preserve and sustain the Union. The southern states’ insurgence started as a result of disputes over states rights and representation in Congress; it was coincidence that most of the disputes in congress revolved around slavery. Lincoln’s political career was based on the opposition of the expansion of slavery. This theme was
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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 differences between the economies of the Northern and Southern states. The North had a growing manufacturing
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shaped the United States as we know it today. Nevertheless‚ the war remains one of the most misunderstood events in American history. Here are ten facts you need to know about America’s defining struggle. 1. The Civil War was fought between the Northern states and the Southern states from 1861-1865. The Civil War‚ also known as “The War Between the States‚” was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America‚ a collection of eleven southern states that left the
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military career‚ Davis served as a U.S. senator and as Secretary of War under Franklin Pierce before his election as the president of the secessionist Confederate States of America. He was later indicted for treason‚ though never tried‚ and remained a symbol of Southern pride until his death in 1889. Quotes "I regarded the separation of the States as a great‚ though not the greater evil." – Jefferson Finis Davis Background Military leader and statesman Jefferson Davis was born Jefferson Finis
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Three years have passed so far in this bloody four year Civil war. The Confederate armies were winning the war against the Union. It was looking good for the Confederate until the battle of Gettysburg. This war was the turning point that would lead to a Union victory. I believe this because of the large abundance of Confederate men that were either missing‚ wounded‚ or dead‚ the momentum given to the Union‚ and that this is the key victory that stopped the invasion of the south from spreading into
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Sumter; the Civil War still captures The United States imagination. In this report you will learn about the Civil War. The four main points that you will learn about is the beginning of the war‚ during the war‚ the end of the war‚ and why the war was even started. ------------------------------------------------- From the 1600s to the mid-1800s slavery was really big in the United States‚ because slaves contributed a lot to the economy of the United States. In the 1800s slaves were very important to
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the most controversial. He was born in Tennessee in 1812 to a broken family. Forrest worked as a cotton planter and slave trader‚ in which he largely profited. In the early years of the war he pledged his allegiance to the Confederate States‚ and enlisted as a Private in the army. Soon Forrest rose to Lieutenant General‚ despite having no prior military training. Forrest served as a cavalry officer at numerous major battles‚ where he earned his nickname‚ “The Wizard of the Saddle”‚ and conducted several
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The Loyalty and Loss written by Margaret M. Storey is a well-written and persuasive book studying how the Unionists in Alabama‚ the Deep South state‚ confronted the Confederate authorities during the civil war and their life in the Reconstruction. The first interesting thing I found was that the diversity of the Unionists. The author tried to find the similarities among the different Unionists and surprisingly she found out that the Unionists were highly distributed. Some of them could from the
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businesses and the railroad system to move the products‚ the Union‚ unlike the Confederacy‚ could produce and ship weapons‚ clothing‚ and food at a much more efficient rate than their counterparts. Also‚ because they were a newly founded "sovereign state"‚ the Confederacy did not have a professional‚ organized
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