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Chickamauga Essays and Term Papers
Civil War TimelineFort Sumter Attacked
April 12, 1861 - At 4:30 a.m. Confederates under Gen. Pierre Beauregard
open fire with 50 cannons upon Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina.
The Civil War begins.
April 14, 1861. - Fort Sumter after its capture, showing damage from the
Rebel bombardment of over 3000 ...
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The Trail Of Tears, was it unjust and inhumane? What happened to the Cherokee during that
long and treacherous journey? They were brave and listened to the government, but they recieved
unproductive land and lost their tribal land.
The white settlers were already emigrating to the Union, or America. The East ...
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James A. Garfieldwas born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. His
father died in 1833, when Garfield was only two years old and so his mother
had to carry on working the family farm by herself. With the death of his
father, the family feel into poverty. Even though they had very little money,
his mother made ...
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Civil War: Northern AttitudesPoliticians of the Northern states pressed to end it, both because it was considered immoral and because white labor could not compete with unpaid black labor. The North demanded for its industrial growth a protective tariff, federal subsidies for shipping and internal improvements, and a sound ...
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Nathan Bedford Forrestwas born in Bedford County, Tennessee on July 13, 1821. He was the son of William and Marian Beck Forrest. William Forrest was a blacksmith. Unfortunately, he died when Nathan was only 16 years old, leaving Nathan with the task of supporting the family. Nathan did not have a formal education ...
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BierceServing as a union soldier in the Civil War,
learned of war' s savageness, and how stupid and degrading
it was. His writing style can be contributed to his war
time experiences. His works are blunt, brutally realistic,
and his attacks on others in the San Francisco Examiner,
(American ...
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Battle Of Chattanooga--The --
Grant, brought in to save the situation, steadily built up offensive strength, and on November 23- 25 burst the blockade in a series of brilliantly executed attacks. Union forces pushed Confederate troops away from Chattanooga. The victory set the stage for General Sherman's Atlanta ...
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Presdent James Abram GarfieldBorn in a log cabin, James Abram Garfield rose by his own efforts to become a college president, a major general in the Civil War, a leader in Congress, and finally president of the United States. Four months after his inauguration, he was shot by an assassin. After weeks of suffering he ...
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James LongstreetJames Longstreet
He was a Confederate officer during the American Civil War and a graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, he resigned from the U.S. Army when his native state seceded from the Union he was made a brigadier general in the Confederate Army. He fought in the first and ...
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James A. GarfieldJAMES A. GARFIELD
James A. Garfield was born in Cuyahoga County, Ohio, in 1831. His father died in 1833, when Garfield was only two years old and so his mother had to carry on working the family farm by herself. With the death of his father, the family feel into poverty. Even though they had ...
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