Thomas Johnson Jackson, also known short as Stonewall Jackson was a senior general under Robert E. Lee. He was the general of the Confederate Army during the Civil War and died on May 2, 1863 after he was shot by his own troops in battle. The Confederate Army were fighting against the Union Troops. The text titled, “The death of Jackson” was based on primary source evidence, while the other text titled, “Mystery of how Confederate General ‘Stonewall’ Jackson was mistakenly killed by his own troops is solved...and it was all down to the Moon” was based on research. It was when night fell that Jackson was shot by mistake.…
One summer day the year 2022,Morgan Town West Virginia,Mountaineers vs Crimson Tide. The score wv 32,guest 40,fourth quarter 3,minutes left. Alabama has the ball on West Virginia's 40,yard line Austin Stevens. West Virginia's best deffensive end starter. He is big as an ox,also a very hard hitter.…
John Simpson Kilpatrick was born on the 6th of July, 1892 at South Shields, County Durnham; the north east region of England. He came from a big family: one of eight children born to Robert Kilpatrick and Sarah Simpson. As a child, he worked as a donkey-lad on the sands of his hometown as he had a 'great affinity with animals, in particular donkeys'. After attending the Barnes and Mortimer Roads schools, he volunteered to train as a gunner in the Territorial Army when he was 16. Following in the footsteps of his father, who was a merchant seaman, Simpson joined the merchant navy in 1909, at the age of 17.…
Ryerson University Fiery Assassination The Death of Christopher Wood Darian Chau CHY183-011 Introduction to Forensic Sciences Dr. Monica Sauer April 7th, 2016 Darian Chau Dr. Monica Sauer CHY183-011 7 April 2016 Fiery Assassination: The Death of Christopher Wood On February 9th, 1999, on a quiet street of Newman Lake Washington, “investigators were overwhelmed by the carnage of a single case. Arson, murder, fraud, suicide, and more. The bizarre trail of evidence left even seasoned investigators baffled” (Dowling, Flood, Sherry, Jennings, and Katz, “The Forensic Files - Cereal Killer”).…
Cleveland police officers, exactly one hundred officers was involved in a high speed chase that ended with the death of two civilians that was unarmed. The law enforcement agency began chasing Timothy Russell, and his passenger Melissa Williams who probably was terrified and, couldn’t possibly understand what they had done wrong to be being chased by these officers. The officers thought they had heard a gunshot come from the car of Timothy Russell as he passed by the court house building. The officers also had witnesses that also felt they heard a gunshot come from the car of timothy Russell as he drove by the court house building, but it was his car back firing.…
“There, I guess King George will be able to read that without his spectacles!” Jests John Hancock as he signs the first and largest signature on the Declaration of Independence. John was born on January 23rd, 1737 in Braintree, Massachusetts (present day Quincy). His father, John Hancock Jr, who was a clergyman, died when John was only a child. His mother, Mary Hawke Thaxter, had trouble managing all three kids by herself so she sent John to live with his uncle and aunt, Thomas and Lydia Hancock, in Lexington.…
Bryant was born on November 3, 1794, in a log cabin near Cummington, Massachusetts; the home of his birth is today marked with a plaque. He was the second son of Peter Bryant, a doctor and later a state legislator, and Sarah Snell. His maternal ancestry traces back to passengers on the Mayflower; his father's, to colonists who arrived about a dozen years later. Bryant and his family moved to a new home when he was two years old. The William Cullen Bryant Homestead, his boyhood home, is now a museum.…
Have you ever know a person who changed their whole lifestyle and personality in a blink of an eye? Well, that is how Jimmy Valentine became Ralph Spencer in 24 hours. Jimmy Valentine, a crook with many connections, got out of jail 38 months earlier. Valentine headed down to a small town by Elmore Arkansas where he changed every little piece of his burglary self within a day; including changing his name to Ralph Spencer. Then within a year Ralph was about to marry a daughter of a rich banker.…
John Smith was born in 1580 in Lincolnshire, England. He eventually made his way to America to help govern the British colony of Jamestown. In his early life, John decided on a life of combat and served with the English Army abroad. He worked as a soldier for hire. Smith eventually embarked on a campaign with the Turks in Hungary.…
John Tyler's was born into a wealthy family with 7 other children. Tyler studied law at the College of William and Mary, graduating in 1807, and being admitted to the bar in 1809. After his admittance, Tyler worked in a prominent law firm in Richmond, Virginia. His father became Governor of Virginia in 1810, and used his connections to get John a position in the Virginia House of Delegates.…
According to the New York Times (2004) “On September 9, 1993, Christopher Simmons, 17, and Charles Benjamin, 15, broke into a trailer south of Fenton, Mo., just outside St. Louis. They woke Shirley Ann Crook, a 46-year-old truck driver who was inside, and proceeded to tie her up and cover her eyes and mouth with silver duct tape. They then put her in the back of her minivan, drove her to a railroad bridge and pushed her into the river below, where her body was found the next day. Simmons and Benjamin later confessed to the abduction and murder, which had netted them $6.” Simmons was tried, found guilty, and received the death penalty.…
Andrew Foster was accepted to Gallaudet University and he was one of the first three black deaf students to be enrolled in the school. Andrew foster saw address book for deaf Schools around the world and they're only 12 in Africa. He received his bachelor’s degree in 1954 and then received his Master’s degree two years later at Eastern Michigan University and his second Master’s degree from Seattle Pacific Christian College. He went to Africa in 1957 instead list of school for deaf people. The first year of school 12 students attended and I quickly grew 253 to have students.…
William Henry Johnson, commonly known as just Henry Johnson, was an American Soldier during World War I. Henry was born in Winston-Salem, North Carolina in 1892. During his early teens moved to Albany, New York (United States Army, n.d.). Before enlisting in the United States Army, Henry was a redcap porter for the Albany Union Station. When he enlisted on June 5, 1917, he was assigned to an all-black National Guard unit. Henry was a war hero during World War I in which he saved his comrades lives’ and successfully defended his unit from the enemy.…
Congress Drafts George Washington The Second Continental Congress designated George Washington the leader of the army that was to besiege Boston (AP 132) “[Washington], as an aristocrat, he could be counted on by his peers to check “the excesses of the masses.” (AP 132) Bunker Hill and Hessian Hirelings…
Our society runs rampant with all kinds of inequality. Racism, sexism, and xenophobia are just a few of the problems that plague our world. These problems all have the potential to hurt people socially and emotionally. However, there’s another type of inequality whose impacts go beyond social and emotional harms. Income inequality hurts people psychologically and economically, and its implications span a global scale.…