The Civil War is a dark mark on America’s History‚ that helped define who we are today. Brothers fighting brothers‚ fathers fighting sons‚ and families devastated over a fear of change and compromise. Change‚ compromise‚ and leadership are all needed for a nation to succeed‚ but is bloodshed necessary to achieve success. Our land is stained with fathers and sons who believed that bloodshed was necessary to achieve greatness. The Civil War is a blemish on the history of the United States of America
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Grant has won an impressive amount of victories against the beloved Confederacy. At the Battle of Petersburg the Union won and has shocked our leaders. Many of our leaders have fled our glorious capital of Richmond for fear of the upcoming battle for our capital. The general leading this horrendous attack against our independence is Hiram Ulysses Grant. Evacuation of the capital will start soon. Our great army of the Confederacy will keep on fighting for the independence of our nation and stop
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Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. Grant was born on April 27‚ 1822‚ in Point Pleasant‚ Ohio. He was entrusted with command of all U.S. armies in 1864‚ and relentlessly pursued the enemy during the Civil War. In 1869‚ at age 46‚ Grant became the youngest president theretofore. Though Grant was highly scrupulous‚ his administration was tainted with scandal. After leaving the presidency‚ he commissioned Mark Twain to publish his best-selling memoirs. President Ulysses S. Grant was born Hiram Ulysses Grant
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The Battle of Shiloh History 217 Dr. Tew 4/24/2014 Dr. Tew Important Event in History April 21‚ 2014 The Battle of Shiloh Early in the morning of April 6 to 7‚ 1862‚ the Battle of Shiloh took place. This was in the early‚ middle of the Civil war. The battle took place in Hardin County‚ Tennessee. This war was fought between Americans. The North side was the Union who believed in keeping the Union intact. The Union was the twenty Free states and five border slave states
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to employ in considering raiding assignments. Grant sent him on a search in Virginia‚ to force General J. E. B. Stuart’s southern cavalry to challenge Phillips’. Stuart restricted Sheridan’s spread‚ but the Union leader was severely offended at Yellow Tavern‚ near Richmond‚ in 1864. General Stuart’s death made the Battle of Yellow Tavern‚ which was a planned victory for the
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change in strategic planning. The problem was how to break the news of this change in strategy before the Confederates tore through the union on the battlefield and effected his troops morale. A month prior Generals Lee and Jackson were crossing guns with Pope at Manassas#. Lee moved his army across the Potomac River into Maryland on September 4‚ 1862. At this point in time his objective was to claim Harrisburg.# On his way he spread his troops around Maryland to show everyone his strength
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confederates. The Union army was in a hill called Cemetery Ridge. The confederates position was nearly a mile away on Seminary Ridge. The fighting kept going into the next day. Confederates were attacking the end of each line of the Union army. On July 3‚ Lee
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William Tecumseh Sherman There were many great generals of the civil war. Grant‚ Lee‚ Jackson‚ all notable names. But one name that stands out is Sherman; William Tecumseh Sherman. W. S. Sherman was born February 8th‚ 1820 in Lancaster‚ Ohio. He was raised by a family friend named Thomas Ewing. He had 10 siblings and was raised as a Christian. However‚ he was never much of a churchgoer and never used his formal christian name. Instead his friends called him "Cump." He went to school
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The Events of Antietam is taking after the Confederate triumph at Second Bull Run in late August‚ 1862‚ Lee moved his strengths over the Potomac into Maryland. This development into Union domain was later memorialized in James Greenleaf Whittier’s ballad‚ Barbara Frietchie. Lee issued Special Orders No. 191 and partitioned his strengths into four segments‚ sending Stonewall Jackson to close-by Harper’s Ferry. Union administrator George B. McClellan picked up a potential favorable position when‚ on
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This is The story of George E. Pickett Before the Civil War. George E. Pickett was born January 16‚ 1825 in Richmond‚ Virginia ( Civil War Trust). George was one of the first eight children of Robert and Mary Pickett ‚ a prominent family of old Virginia (Geni). When he was in school George was known as a happy and likable cadet‚ but he was also a poor student and finished his last class of 59. After studying law in The state of Illinois he attended the United States Military Academy at West Point
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