Army of the Tennessee

The Scopes trial was between the days of July tenth and July twenty-first, which even included the selection of the jury. The charges that Scopes faces were that he violated the Tennessee anti-evolution law, because he used a textbook that included materials about human evolution. The case was just a misdemeanor with a fine of about one hundred dollars, which should have been disposed of in a few hours. That was not the case, the…

Confederates launched an unsuccessful surprise attack on his soldiers. On the other hand, the Confederates had John C. Pemberton to lead their smaller army. Before the battle, John C. Perberton also played a part in the Mexican-American war, just like Ulysses S. Grant. This battle was also part of the Vicksburg campaign which was launched by the Union army meant to capture Vicksburg. One reason why Vicksburg was so…

Savage sam! In his early life he resigned from the U.S army and began reading law .He moved from Indian Territory to Texas.Sam Houston was born March 2nd, 1793, in Rockbridge County in Virginia.His father Major Samuel Houston was a Revolutionary War veteran, and passed away when Sam Houston was only 14 years old.Sam Houston ran away from home as a teenager when he became unhappy working for his brother.Sam Houston was a big man at 6’6.Sam Houston lived twice among the Cherokees, who first…

The battle of Gettysburg wasn’t meant to happen. The confederate army were heading towards Maryland and Pennsylvania then out of nowhere they bumped with the Union army in Gettysburg. The battle of Gettysburg is considered by many as the greatest engagement between the two armies. Confederate General Robert E. Lee led his men against the Union for those 3 days. The first two days the Confederate army had their success under the charge of Robert E. Lee, but on the third day the war…

for Nothing in A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire is a play written by Tennessee Williams (1947). It consists of three acts which depends mostly on three characters; Stanley Kowaliski , Stella Dubois and her surrogate Blanche Dubois. The events takes place at New Orleans where Stanley and his wife lives. The text debates all kinds of men’s brutality against women. Because Stanley was an army officer, so his treatment to his wife was strict. Williams supports the theme of…

College, but soon returned to the war. Now she would have to be both on the battlefields and in the tent hospitals in Virginia. When she relocated in 1863 to Tennessee, she was selected to be an assistant surgeon in the army. A year later dressed in full uniform, she accidentally walked into a group of Rebel soldiers south of the Georgia-Tennessee border. The Rebels commanding officer, General Daniel Harvey Hill, ordered her to be sent to Richmond as a prisoner. After several months she was…

The two armies started fighting near Manassas Junction, Virginia, this was the first major land battle. The Union brought about 35,000 soldiers to the battle and the confederacy brought about 20,000 soldiers all to a river known as Bull Run. Fighting defensively…

To begin with the beginning of the America we know there was a revolution. All credit was giving to men however several women donned the uniform of a revolutionary soldier and fought against British. For example Margaret Corbin was the wife of John Corbin who was killed in the battle of Fort Washington in November 1776. Margaret stepped up to filled her husband’s place at the cannon, assisting in sponging and loading. Unfortunately Margaret was wounded by grapeshot in the arm and chest, as a…

“The Drummer Boy of Shiloh”, by Ray Bradbury is a story about Joby, a drummer boy, experiencing war. Joby and the army are camped out near Shiloh Church in Tennessee. Joby in a drummer boy in the civil war in 1862. Joby is nervous for the upcoming battle. He fears he is going to die soon. Joby is trying to fall asleep one night, but the thoughts of war keeps him awake. Joby is lying in his tent, trying to sleep. He was unable to rest because of the approaching fight. One restless night, a…

On December 7, 1941, 2,403 lives were lost during the attack on Pearl Harbor. ‘’2,008 naval men, 109 Marines, 218 army men., and 68 civilians also lost their lives that day, which isn’t concluding the Japanese deaths’’(visitpearlharbor.org). ‘’Wounded came to 1,143 with 710 navy, 69 marines, and 364 army men, as well as 103 civilians. Also along with a total of 55 Japanese men’’(pearlharbormemorial.com). ‘’1,177 were from the USS Arizona and were on board or in the water when they…