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not assumed principal position during this, the bloodiest fight of the entire American Civil War. "Lee hoped an invasion would fu...

by more Confederate troop who had joined the fighting. Mass confusion erupted and thousands of Union troops were captured. Union ...

and shift the direction of battles at almost every turn. Belle Boyd Boyd was perhaps one of the best known spies of her time....

organizations are facing today when they try to hire or replace employees based on qualifications rather than racial, ethnic, or g...

King Charles II, the quashing of remaining rebellions in Ireland and Scotland and the installation of parliamentarian Oliver Cromw...

In the following paper we examine this assumption, providing historical information concerning the foreign allies, eventually argu...

accident. Of course, China tells almost the opposite story. One wonders then how much propaganda is being disseminated. During a t...

hold up to the demand. Each time the demand grew so did the number of black farmers who toiled the land. Cotton was not the only...

unusual. The Spanish Civil War quickly became infiltrated by foreign intervention on both sides, and indeed has been likened to a ...

of the intelligensia of the period to realize that the revolution would, by definition, evolve from the most non-urbanized corners...

In five pages this paper discusses how the U.S. Civil War was the result of competing philosophies of states rights vs. a centrali...

The North and the South had become separated by economics and ideology. They had, in fact, become very separate regions. The North...

construction of Fort Pickens (Lufkin, 2002). In January of 1861, the Federal military presence in Pensacola was minimal, consisti...

maritime warfare spawned such innovations as human powered underwater vessels that harbored explosive charges connected to spars t...

white freedom and black slavery. The link between whites and blacks would change considerably between the arrival of those first ...

was taken prisoner three times, and escaped three times. He was grazed or hit by Yankee bullets on numerous occasions, and once, h...

to Whitmans own estimates, he aided over 100,000 soldiers during this period, many of whom became his devoted friends (Valiumas 70...

boil over, and no attempts to quell this surging rage would have proven effective at averting what was to inevitably follow. ...

was overthrown by the election of Abraham Lincoln, aristocrats in the South refused to accept the public will (1999). Southerners...

offer, and also because they used better wartime strategies and had stellar leadership. The Civil War began in 1860 at a time whe...

a Northern state that had Southern sympathies during the war ("Jersey," 1994). He describes the border state status as the product...

sub-human and not capable of sharing the same type of human fears and emotions as true human beings. The assurance of inferiority ...

is influences upon the Civil War were such that had he not been a primary participant in the battle, history would have recorded t...

of effecting what is right" (The American Dilemma). There are many factors that can be cited as the cause for the Civil...

proved to be the right choice. Burnside even gained support of President Lincoln, who approved their mission but warned that they...

also making it unique in history. Although names such as "War Between the States" and "War of Rebellion" are more accurate (Civil ...

out buildings and heavy damages to their property. These people, who had formerly just grown food crops, began to attempt to grow...

have totally disrespected him and used him, then effectively disposed of him), the town itself has refused to realize that the vio...

would support the opposite, namely, a "slow, feeble, disorganized attack" (Hughes, 2002). He also explains this strategy based on ...

In six pages this paper discusses how when various political compromises between North and South fell short civil war in the Unite...