The historical novel The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara is about the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. The book is written from the perspective of the people fighting and shares their thoughts and feelings about the battle as it goes on. The book begins on June 29, 1863 with a spy informing the ...
In spite of popular opinion that the American Civil War was fought only by whites on the side of the South, there is considerable proof that they were joined by Native Americans in the struggle for Southern Independence. One of the most famous of these Native Americans even went on to reach the rank of ...
The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was one of the bloodiest days in American history, with roughly 6,000 soldiers killed. The 6,000 soldiers killed at Antietam is nearly four times the amount of men killed on D-Day and nearly twice as many me killed the entire Iraq war going on now. So ...
When people think about all of the battles fought during the United States Civil War, the most famous is the Battle of Gettysburg. The majority would say it was the most important battle and the turning point of the war, however, that is not the case. The turning point of the Civil War occurred in ...
Fort Gaines was originally built as an addition of our country’s security but the original fort had many problems. For one, Fort Gaines was built too close to the Mobile bay and at high tide, water would enter the structure. Another problem arose over land rights but the military did finally gain rights and the ...
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 close to Hodgenville, Kentucky. His family moved to Indiana in 1816. When Lincoln was ten his mother died from poisoned milk. His father remarried the next year to Sarah Bush Johnston. Abraham liked her very much and even later recalled her “his angel mother. (Encarta)” Abraham had ...
Technology has changed the way that soldiers work on an everyday basis. Technology helps the soldiers function in everyday life. There are many ways that life as a soldier during the Civil War is different than life as a soldier during the War in Iraq. Life as a soldier during wartime is extremely different now ...
