American Civil War

If you take a look at America’s history you will see a pattern of hate against non-whites such as African Americans and immigrants from other countries along with non-Anglicans such as Jews and Catholics. Each of these groups were all hated because they caused a breach in the goal of getting America to be 100% American. People from the 1800s were not very open to accepting other people’s beliefs. The Ku Klux Klan was a hate group that was filled with terrorists. During the time that the Klan was…

The American Civil War is perhaps one of the most written about topics in the field of history, and there are certainly many who devote their time to the events preceding it. In Rachel A. Shelden’s book, Washington Brotherhood: Politics, Social Life, and the Coming of the Civil War, tells a story beyond the events individuals are familiar with. Rather, Shelden discusses the events during the Antebellum period through a social and personal lens of Washington’s political aristocracy. In doing so,…

What was it like to participate in the Civil War? May 13, 1861, Frederic Pearce, a resident of Marietta, Ohio jotted a letter to his father informing him of the situation in their town. He told his father how people were preparing for the war. He also told him that it was his prayer and that of other Christians that the war end fast and the rebellion crushed (BSL 507). Pearce did not have an idea of what was about to happen in his town. By the end of the war, more than 620,000 people lost…

Abraham Lincoln was our best president because he stopped slavery, allowed black soldiers to fight for the union, he was the only President of the United States to hold a patent, and led the Union to victory in the American Civil War. He didn’t think that white and blacks should have the same things as in schools, workplaces, and stores. He didn’t think they should have the same political rights as the whites. To end slavery he thought it would be good for the blacks to go to Africa or Central…

affected faith and preaching during the Civil War, is different from his former counterpart historians. Wesley strives to prove that both the North and South were heavily influenced by its preachers during the Civil War. Wesley provides his theses with valuable evidence that the politics, which were preached by South and North leaders of the church, were different, but the goal was the same: to encourage their troops and supporters on their side of the war, and to biblically support their…

Part A: Plan of Investigation Topic: Was Gen. William T. Sherman’s march to Atlanta, Georgia during the American Civil War a justifiable use of total war? General Sherman’s march from Chattanooga, Tennessee to Atlanta, Georgia was a justifiable use of total war. To prove this, one first needs a clear definition of total war. Total war can be defined as a war in which one side uses all of its available resources to complete its goal at any costs. Sherman’s march to Atlanta fits this definition…

Music can have severe implications on life, especially during times of war, and the Civil War era is no exception. Anterior to Fort Sumter in South Carolina, enslaved African Americans were singing songs in the fields about freedom and living without the bonds of slavery. Abolitionists and slavery supporters alike produced and sang songs to bring indecisive members of the public to their side. Indeed, there were many quabbles over slavery, and ever since the Three-Fifths Compromise of 1787,…

When the Civil War commenced on April 12th, 1861, more than 3 million Union and Confederate soldiers geared up for battle. Men from all over America were appointed to go support their side in the war. While their battles are often historically analyzed, well known, and greatly documented, there is one aspect that rarely gets attention: the role of women in the American Civil War. The lives of women were drastically affected by the Civil War. Several disguised themselves as men to be able to join…

made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little”. During the American Revolution, Edmund Burke played role as opposing for taxes in the colonies. He believe constitutional government should be flexible enough to adapt to changing circumstances nationally or globally. Throughout years, Edmund Burke’s quote has reflect historical events just as Civil Rights Movements and Civil War. An example that reflect Edmund Burke’s quote is a book written by Harper Lee called…

The Civil War or “War between the states” (page 26) is a historical American event like no other that has been over for nearly 150 years. Most Americans are under the notion the Civil War is over and done with where, other Americans believe the war is still being fought today. In Tony Horwitz’s book “Confederates in the Attic” he explores the impact the American Civil War has on the modern day south, and just why southerners in particular still care so much about the Civil War? After reading…