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Many historic events took place in the southern states during the time of the Civil War. Virginia and North Carolina hold many significant sites that served importantly during the war, mostly to the benefit of the Confederate troops. Out of the many historic sites, comes the Sutherland mansion. Also known as the “Last Capitol of…

Fought July 1 through July 3, 1863, considered by most military historians the turning point in theAmerican Civil War. The Battle of Gettysburg was a decisive engagement in that it arrested theConfederates’ second and last major invasion of the North, destroyed their offensive strategy, and forcedthem to fight a defensive war in which the inadequacies…

George Pickett was a major general for the Confederate Army best known for his role in “Pickett’s Charge,” the unsuccessful assault against Union forces at the Battle of Gettysburg. Pickett was born on January 16, 1825 in Richmond, Virginia to Robert and Mary Pickett, the oldest of their eight children. Remembered as a jovial young…

“daves” American Civil WarIt was a long tiring winter after the Union army pushed the Confederate army further south. The Union captured Forts Henry and Donelson on the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. This is where I had to take over reporting the war for my brother Mike Bloom who was killed in the line of…

BelovedToni Morrison’s, Beloved, is a complex narrative about the love between mothers and daughters, and the agony of guilt. ” It is the ultimate gesture of a loving mother. It is the outrageous claim of a slave.” These are the words, of Toni Morrison, used to describe the actions of Sethe, the central character in…

            The time surrounding the Civil War and reconstruction effort could be described with plenty of adjectives.  Of those, revolutionary might be one that some choose to use. In the time leading up to the Civil War, the United States was a country in flux. Questions of state rights, slavery, and how the nation would…

THE LIFE OF A BLACK CIVIL WAR HERO The United States of America was founded on the rules of equality and chance for all. In the 1800 ’ s these rules were non purely adhered to by all and a enormous conflict ensued. That conflict was the United States Civil War in which Northerners, wishing…

Review of General Robert E Lee as a Source in His Gettysburg Battle Report to Confederate President Davis Robert E Lee is perhaps one of the most influential and controversial generals in American military history. He is often considered a brilliant tactician yet a lackluster strategist. He is also sometimes considered loyal to his state…

John Brown was a misguided fanatic. He was admired by many abolitionists for standing up for the rights. However, was seen outrageous in the eyes of many Southerners. He has went far beyond outrageous and carried out a killing spree in order to prove slavery was wrong. He had a plan, however stirred in a…

The period being covered in this presentation is the Civil War and its turning strivings following the Civil War. Thingss to be explored will be the turning points in American history along with historical events after the Civil War. segregation and it’s defining of American history. alterations in attitudes. and the life of an American…