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Civil War Stories by Ambrose Bierce
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Civil War
The stories collected in Ambrose Bierce’s “Civil War Stories” were originally published in 1909 as part of the two volume set “The Collected Works of Ambrose Bierce.” The sixteen works of fiction collected in “Civil War Stories” span a range of genres from memoir, as in “What I Saw of Shiloh,” to allegory as…
Myths About Civil War Medicine
Civil War
Medicine
One of the greatest myths told about Civil War medicine is that anesthetics weren’t used during surgeries or amputations. While it may be easy to believe, medicine was not quite that primitive during the era. A variety of sedatives were used during surgeries, including chloroform and whiskey. Chloroform negatively affects the central nervous system, liver,…
The Civil War and Its Turning Points
Abraham Lincoln
American Civil War
Racial Segregation
United States
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…
American Civil War and Benjamin Franklin Butler
American Civil War
Benjamin Franklin
The city of New Orleans was the most valutable city in the Confederacy. The loss of the city took a huge blow to the Confederacy. The lower Mississippi had become a Union’s passage for the 400 miles to Vicksburg, Mississippi. In the middle of the night on April 24, Admiral David G. Fraught tried an…
Comparing Grant and Lee
American Civil War
Society
War
Summary: This is a 3-page paper on social sciences comparing and contrasting the two famous American Civil War generals, Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. The paper is in MLA format and has one source. Introduction: Ulysses Grant and Robert Lee were the two most prominent generals during the Civil War, serving as the…
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald Idealized Women
Spanish Civil War
Women Role
Over the last decades, the role of women has dramatically changed through taking on responsibilities outside the home, improving social, economic, and health issues, which was once only presented as a man’s job. In the novel, The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald idealized women through stereotypes perceived in the roaring 1920s. By including the female…
American Civil War
American Civil War
Few observers at the start of the American Civil War imagined the ultimate de-evolution of the war from its psuedo-Napoleonic beginnings with armies in formation maneuvering along classical military lines to achieve a tactical advantage. Because so many of the generals on both sides of the war derived their knowledge of battlefield tactics from the…
Franco’s Victory in the Spanish Civil War Exaggerated?
Spanish
Spanish Civil War
The war increased tensions in the lead-up to World War II and was largely seen as a possible war by proxy between the Communist Soviet Union and the Fascist Axis of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany while giving the Nazis the chance to practice using the new Luftwaffe planes. This study will seek to answer…
Michael Shaara’s “The Killer Angels”
American Civil War
Military
Truth be told, if a reader is looking for a historically accurate account of the Battle of Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest and certainly most pivotal battles of the American Civil War, Michael Shaara’s “The Killer Angels” is not the best choice of works. However, if a reader is looking for a skillfully constructed tapestry…
The Spanish Civil and Nationalists
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil war induced anomalous distress and torture to millions of Spaniards during the tedious conflict. This essay will discuss some of the origins of the dispute, some of its characteristics and those of the revolutions that concurred throughout as well as Franco’s role and the impact he had on the warfare. The author’s…
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| description | The American Civil War was a civil war in the United States fought between the Union states and the Confederate states. The central cause of the war was the status of slavery, especially the expansion of slavery into territories acquired as a result of the Louisiana Purchase and the Mexican–American War. |
| quotations | “We are never prepared for so many to die. “The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep’s for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty. “I believe this Government cannot endure, permanently half slave and half free.” |
| information | Dates: Apr 12, 1861 – Apr 9, 1865 First battle: First Battle of Bull Run Combatants: Union Presidents: Abraham Lincoln, Jefferson Davis Location: United States, Southern United States, Atlantic Ocean, Western United States Canon: A Cannon Used During The Civil War. Civil War Cannon summary: There were many types of cannons used in the the civil war, including the 6-pounder Gun, M 1857 12-pounder “Napoleon”, 12-pounder Howitzer, 24-pounder Howitzer, 10-pounder Parrott rifle, 3-inch Ordnance Rifle, and the 20-pounder Parrott rifle., Results: After four bloody years of conflict, the United States defeated the Confederate States. In the end, the states that were in rebellion were readmitted to the United States, and the institution of slavery was abolished nation-wide. Fact #2: Abraham Lincoln was the President of the United States during the Civil War. Treaty: There was no treaty signed to end the Civil War. The surrender at Appomattox Court House was a military surrender of an army which was surrounded. The Confederate government never surrendered and even had it wanted to the United States government would likely not have accepted., The Ceasefire Agreement of the Confederacy commenced with the ceasefire agreement of the Army of Northern Virginia on April 9, at Appomattox Court House, by General Robert E. Lee and concluded with the ceasefire agreement of the Shenandoah on November 6, 1865, bringing the hostilities of the American Civil War to a … |
