American Civil War spies

why I believe that Abe was the political figure that had the biggest impact on American history. His actions led to the freedom that all people in the U.S. have currently. Even before he became the 16th president of the United States, or at that time, The Union, he showed signs of being a great leader and a hard worker. Those characteristics led to his many admirers and the respect that was needed to help him win the war against slavery. Although he was a great man, he was also a great leader.…

would lead to the Pope having power in American Society (Diner, n.d.). At the start of World War I, public ire turned toward German-Americans. At the start of the war the United States had intended to stay neutral, but as the war went the government slowly turned in favor of the Allies and the public began to paint the Germans was uncivilized brutes. German-Americans were all potentially disloyal and conceivably spies, and out of fear, or hatred, Americans participated in acts of vigilantism…

People Of the War 1. General George B. McClellan George Brinton McClellan is most often know as the retired General for the Union during the Civil War. With the outbreak of the Civil War, Ohio governor William Dennison, recommended McClellan’s work as a military leader to President Lincoln which he would later accept. As General-in-Chief of the Union Army in the North, McClellan hardly made any advancements and would often over estimate the enemy. He was relieved from command when President…

battle took placed named Bull Run. It is important to point out that the battle was in repercussion from the attack of the Confederates Armies at Fort Sumter on 12 April 1861 near Charlestown South Carolina, “this is known as the beginning of the Civil War.” As a result, then-President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to support the fight against the rebellion of the Confederate Army, to his surprise the number of volunteers surpassed that amount; however,…

Name of Topic: Lincoln’s Assassination Subtopic #1: Why did Booth kill him? Booth was one of the many who hated Lincoln Booth liked slavery, and thought that Lincoln was responsible for the war Booth really wanted the Confederacy to win the Civil War Booth wanted to be an important part of history. A year earlier there was a plot to kidnap the president. When the south lost, it changed to kill. The south could not accept defeat. Booth thought by killing Lincoln, he could get last ditch…

Mistake of the Battle of Gettysburg The battle of Gettysburg is always described as the “turning point” of American Civil War. After this battle, confederate army had never taken offensive to the north again and eventually lost the war. The battle of Gettysburg took place at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania July 1-- July 3, 1863 and ended up with Confederacy 's defeat, which broke the myth of confederate’s invincibility and caused large number of casualties. However, this failure could be easily…

ongoing war for freedom that was between the slaves and their owners. Being a slave, Tubman had seen and been through a lot of suffering because of that. Tubman, along with the rest of the slaves, was tired of the constant suffering and feeling as if being an African American meant that she was a part of an awful and degrading race. Something had to be done, even if it was only a drop of water into an engulfing flame. Harriet Tubman’s determination for the freedom of all African Americans during…

"I looked at my hands to see if I was the same person now that I was free. There was no such glory over everything..." ( Lerone Jr) Harriet Tubman is known as an American abolitionist, a woman who only didn’t fight for her own freedom but for others. She was borne into slavery in Maryland 1822. As a young girl she was a slave for a white family and worked as a maid, cook, hand field and woodcutter. She saw slavery everywhere she looked and didn’t like that. She felt like she was determined to do…

United States engaged in a civil war. The war started all over some disagreements between the free and slave states. It helped determine what kind of nation they would be. The Civil War was the first total war, meaning it not only inflicted on soldiers, but civilians, land, and cities. This impacted the women in many different ways. There were women who were soldiers, spies, nurses, and ones who stayed on the home front. Historians often say that America's Civil War pitted brother…

Araminta Ross, famously known as Harriet Tubman, was an integral part of the Under- ground Railroad. She was also an abolitionist, humanitarian, a Union nurse and spy during the American Civil War. Born into slavery, Harriet and two of her brothers ran away after their mas- ter’s death in fear that they would be sold off. They turned back and returned to the plantation after her brothers had second thoughts, however, not long after, Harriet fled on her own. She traveled at night, using the North…