whereabouts. Robert E. Lee was sent to control the rebellion‚ but Brown’s forces would not surrender. Lee’s army stormed the armory killing ten raiders‚ two of which were Brown’s sons. Brown was tried and hanged on December 2‚ 1859 at Charleston‚ Virginia. Thanks to Brown’s willingness to fight‚ he made a name for himself among the abolitionists. The Southerners praised the use of force from antislavery forces. As tensions grew between the states about slavery‚ it was not until the results of the
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cut off Robert E. Lee’s army that was heading for Richmond or at least get Lee’s army into an open field where the Unions would be able to take advantage with their superior numbers. It was Conf. general J.E.B. Stuart’s job to stop the federals from getting to Spotsylvania. For a couple of days‚ a part of Stuart’s cavalry‚ led by Fitz Lee‚ battled union horseman for the control of the Brock Road. The Brock Road was the most direct route between the wilderness and Spotsylvania Court House. Lee was forced
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In the year 1861‚ while President Abraham Lincoln was in office‚ shots were fired at Union troops at Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor. Lincoln requested the help of 75‚000 troops to protect the nation’s capital. At this time of the rebellion‚ the state of Virginia was assumed to be contributing to the revolt‚ however‚ had made no decision whether or not to secede. In 1861‚ General Irvin McDowell commanded his federal troops to surround Arlington House and became a headquarters for the Union Army
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the Potomac defeats Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia‚ putting an end to Lee’s invasion of the North. Main Characters: Confederate Army Robert Edward Lee: He is the commander of the Confederate army and very well respected in the South. He is fifty-seven years old in the Battle of Gettysburg and suffers heart problems. His combat strategies tend to be more traditional and reject modern defensive warfare. Unfortunately‚ Lee overestimates his troops and orders a final
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battle at Gettysburg was a defining moment in the Civil War not only because of the battle itself‚ but what prevailed with civilian opposition‚ and the events that changed the trajectory of the battle General Lee decided to bring the war to the north to destroy railways in Harrisburg. However‚ Lee received word that Union forces were in the area near Harrisburg‚ as his army marched towards Harrisburg they were surprised to be confronted by the Union forces at Gettysburg. The Union commander‚ perceiving
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Washington Ellis‚ Joseph‚ American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson Freeman‚ Douglas Southall‚ Lee (Robert E. Lee) Goodwin‚ Doris Kearns‚ Team of Rivals (Abraham Lincoln’s cabinet) Isaacson‚ Walter‚ Benjamin Franklin. McCulloch‚ David‚ John Adams. McCulloch‚ David‚ 1776 (American Revolution) Philbrick‚ Nathaniel‚ Mayflower: A Story of Courage‚ Community‚ and War Remini‚ Robert‚ The Life of Andrew Jackson Shaara‚ Michael‚ The Killer Angels (Civil War novel) Sinclair‚ Upton‚ The
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I am reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and I am on page 281. This book is about racism‚ which is showcased in a trial. A low-class white family‚ the Ewells‚ are suing a black man‚ Tom Robinson‚ on accounts of raping Mayella Ewell. The case mostly boils down to Ewell’s word against Tom Robinson’s word. The only concrete evidence is the bruises Mayella sustained. In this journal‚ I will be predicting and questioning. G- After reading the entire trial besides the verdict‚ I predict that
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The Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg was a defining battle of the Civil War. It marked a turning point for the Union as well as for the Confederates‚ though it was not the final battle to be fought. There were many events prior the actual battle that had led to this clash (Berkin 442). The United States was undergoing great changes in the mid 1800’s. Populations in both the North and the south grew tremendously. The main increase from the North was largely due to the many
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Battle of Gettysburg Michael Shaara portrays the terrible butchery of the three days fighting through the vividly rendered thoughts and emotions of men in his book The Killer Angels. The men in which Shaara brings to life are that of General Robert E. Lee‚ Major General John Buford from The South and from the North‚ Brigadier General Lewis Armistead‚ and Colonel Joshua Chamberlain. Shaara’s rendition leading up to the battle and the battle itself presents the views‚ thoughts‚ and relationships
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Confederate Army. The railroads that ran through Petersburg were the locomotion that shipped many of the supplies that General Lee and his troops needed to Richmond‚ the ‘capital’ of the south‚ thus “General Ulysses S. Grant cut off all of Petersburg’s supply lines ensuring the fall of Richmond…” (National Park Service). The fall of Richmond was a critical and final blow to General Lee and the confederate army. General Ulysses S. Grant was upset with the Union army’s inability to capture Richmond‚ therefore
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