Aiken County, South Carolina

Governor of North Carolina, and he's well qualified for the role. Cooper has been North Carolina's Attorney General, since 2001. In this role Roy Cooper has facilitated the process of bringing justice to North Carolinians. Before being elected as North Carolina's General Attorney, Roy Cooper was one of North Carolina's voices in the Senate. Prior to being the General Attorney and a Senator, Roy Cooper served in the House of Representatives, placed there by the good people of North Carolina. Roy…

The South Carolina Nullification Crisis of 1832 The Nullification Crisis was a major political crisis in 1832 during the presidency of Andrew Jackson. The concept of nullification was first discussed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, when they created the Doctrine of Nullification in order to oppose the Alien and Sedition acts. Despite the fact that Andrew Jackson was elected for his bravery and leadership in New Orleans during the War of 1812 and because he was in favor of the common…

South Carolina South Carolina, also known as the Palmetto State, has a history that dates back to the beginning of the country. Its large cities, universities, mountains, and beaches bring visitors every year. Many important people have influenced the state, and even the country. South Carolina is an important state to this nation. South Carolina was one of the original thirteen colonies, yet its history dates back to 1633. Royal nobles were sent by King Charles I to explore and settle the…

Essay 1: Fort Sumter I visited Fort Sumter on June 27 with my family and my mother’s friend, Mollie. Fort Sumter is the main reason that Charleston is considered such a historical city. The fort was under Union control when South Carolina seceded from the union. The battle for its possession led to the first shots of the Civil War. The first battle of the Civil War began at 4:30 AM on April 12, 1861. Nine hours earlier, the Confederates had sent an envoy to Fort Sumter. The envoy told General…

leaking faucet rather than a raging river and in the last seconds of his life his heart yearned for the family he once knew. He remembered his journey. He once was a small boy named Johnny, who was born in 1945 to a large family, near Greenville, South Carolina. There were four other boys and two girls. At age three old his youngest sister was born. His parents never gave him much attention, the older children raised him. John grew into a young man of insignificant stature, in both his physical…

deadliest prisoner of war camp in the Confederate States. The creation of Andersonville Prison affected the Civil War by providing the Confederacy with a place to store captured Union soldiers and by turning public opinion in the Union further against the South. Camp Sumter affected the Civil War by providing a better storage area for the Confederacy’s enemies. According to the Civil War Trust, “Confederate officials decided to move the large number of Federal Prisoners...to a place of greater…

Point in 1825. I served in the Black Hawk War, the Second Seminole War, and the Mexican American War. I was then promoted to the rank of Major, commanding the 1st Regiment of Artillery. When South Carolina broke away from the Union in 1820, I was put in command of the U.S. army garrison in Charleston, South Carolina. My command of 85 soldiers and I were positioned at Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor. On December 26, I moved my force to Fort Sumter fearing the safety of my men. After Abraham…

I am Allan Christopher Sherman, I am the son of Pamela Sherman and Leroy Sherman and the brother to Chelsea Sherman. I was in Macon, Georgia at The Medical Center of Central Georgia at 4:20am on December 20, 1996. I was also grow up in Macon, Georgia and I attend elementary school at Rosa Taylor elementary school from Kindergarten to fifth grade. At Rosa Taylor is where I learned to play chess and after a couple of year I was good enough to try out for Macon chess club. The first two times I…

phrase is important, because it is necessary to always be prepared for anything; the Confederate States of America were not. When surge of secessions began, the South thought they would be much better off, but as it turns out, they were not. Alan Pell Crawford explained in his article “Richmond’s Bread Riot” just how bad the conditions in the South were during the Civil War. The Richmond Bread Riot took place on April 2, 1863. In the riot, the people of Richmond crowded the streets of the…

On 10/20/2016, in Durango 4 D Pod cell 56 at approximately 2145 hours, I noticed Inmate Schlicht, Nathan R T302915 had a bruise on his left eye with a bandage covering it up. I stopped and asked him what had happened to his eye and he stated “I hit it on my bunk." At approximately 2146 I had locked D-Pod down and had Inmate Schlicht step out so he could be taken to medical to receive medical attention for his injury. At approximately 2150 hours, I notified Sergeant Burnside B1124 that I was…