The Battle of Fredericksburg, involving about 200,000 men, was fought from December 11th through 15th of 1862. It was one of the Union Army’s worst defeats during the Civil War. It was fought in Fredericksburg and neighboring Spotsylvania County, Virginia. The Union Army, was commanded by General Ambrose Burnside, while the Confederate Army was headed by General Robert Lee. General Burnside replaced General George McLellan due to President Abraham Lincoln’s frustration with McLellan.…
The story of the Sharman march to the Georgia was narrated by Dolly Sumner. Dolly was a native of Maine. She was a school teacher, when she went to Covington to stay with her sister. Dolly was married to a plantation and a slave owner. When her husband died, she was able to manage the plantation and their slaves.…
Leonard Peltier is an imprisoned Native American who lived on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. After an incident On February 27, 1973, members of the American Indian Movement, or AIM, together with a number of local and traditional Native Americans began their seventy-two-day occupation of Wounded Knee. Their goal was to protest injustices against their tribes, violations of the many treaties, and current abuses and repression against their people. The United States government responded with a military style assault against the protesters. In the end, various officials promised hearings on local conditions and treaty violations.…
The opening introduced General Grant and his cunning and also very drastic war tactics to win. This chapter also uses detain to inform us of the Confederate enemy is the Union and its general Winfield Scott. General Scott was the man who informed President Lincoln of the plans of the south after he found the battle plans underneath a shady tree and President Lincoln at the time is trying to stop the spread of slavery a problem mostly in the south but tells them to go ahead and attack the confederates. The confederated learn that the Union figured out its plan but Grant said go through with the plan anyway. This chapter also focused on how the Confederates may have been stopped in tactic but no true winner because all know the blood shed that…
This chapter focuses on Fremantle, the English observer. He awakes in the morning, excited for the day, and goes about his daily duties. He rides out to Gettysburg and ponders over the battle and if English will come to the Confederate’s aid. He believes wholeheartedly that the South will win the war. Longstreet again suggests that they should move around to block the Union from D.C., but Lee again refuses.…
Lord of the Flies Journal Andrew Martinez Chapter 1 - The Sound of the Shell 2014/7/03 Lord of the flies although a bit confusing at first is pretty enthralling, It’s words are not as prominent so I need to think more about the context to fully get the gist of the sentence. In the first scene we can see that the boys are scattered through out the island, but a boy, later know to become Ralph is exploring. He finds a boy whose name we don't know but is later called piggy because of Ralph finds out that's what he was called in school.…
A Critical Book Review For The Bitter Road To Freedom. “The Bitter Road to Freedom A New History of the Liberation of Europe” is written by William I. Hitchcock. William I. Hitchcock has earned a bachelor from Kenyon college and his PHD from Yael. William I. Hitchcock is now a professor at the University of Virginia and his work focuses on history from the 20th century.…
As the Revolutionary war faded in Bella’s memory, another image filled her mind. The smell was one they remembered from their adventures during the Revolutionary war. It was gunpowder! “Not another war”, was all Bella could think. As Bella looked down, she saw that she were dressed in a union uniform.…
The article “Gettysburg In The Civil War” was about the Battle of Gettysburg. Lee’s first journey failed, then in June 1863 he tried again by marching north to Pennsylvania. Lee’s campaign was going well. Hooker had proposed to attack Richmond but was rejected in Washington. Hooker was then replaced by General George Meade.…
In Tribal Wars Of The Southern Plains, Stan Hoig argues that Native American history has been distorted to the will of the white man and his main focus is to bring light to the truths of Indian history in the nineteenth century. Hoig explains the truths of tribal warfare, before the white man came to conquer them. He discusses the differences between the white man and Native American accounts on history and of how both Indians and white man have glorified accounts of battles. Overall, Hoig enlightens readers about how the Native Americans grew accustom with the United States.…
Wallace Stegner’s “Wilderness Letter” portrays the importance of wilderness. Wilderness has always held a different meaning as a child for me it held another world. Playing outside, going to wildlife reserves, and watching shows like “Zoboomafoo” that taught about different animals and their habitat all played a part in my love for it. Experiencing the outdoors should be something that is dome willingly to detach and refresh. The Internet has slowly taken that away from children because instead of going outdoors time is spent staring at screens.…
When I was about nine years old, my family was debating about going to Cedar Point the upcoming weekend. I hadn't rode many roller coasters in my life at that time because I was only nine. Of course, trying to be manly, I totally agreed with their decision. My parents told me how big the roller coasters are, and how the roller coasters are some of the biggest in the world. I acted like I wasn't scared, and was talking about how I didn't care about the size of the roller coasters.…
They have to go into hiding, and while in hiding, end up saving the lives of some young kids in a fire. The youngest boy, Johnny, gets messed up pretty…
Tommy hears a fire truck and thinks of his father. His mom tells the coach while Tommy is on the sideline they have to go because of Patrick. They get to the hospital and Patrick dies from being burned after trying to rescue a child from a fire. Tommy gets to his next football game against his rival, Wellesley.…
Everett’s wife told all her kids their father got ran over by a train so they won’t miss Everett. He got mad at her for this, but the kids were excited to see him and told him everything about the fiancé. They return from the special world when the mayor says they don’t have to go back to jail because he loved the…