Army of Northern Virginia

could be acquired through legal means. By participating in the war on either the colonist or the british side, the promise of freedom was the incentive for slaves to fight a war that did not correspond with them. Lord Dunmore who was the Governor of Virginia and he stated that “slaves will fight for whoever…

General George G. Meade’s Union Army of the Potomac. The next day, July 2, the Confederates attacked the Federals. General Lee wanted his army to attack both flanks of…

in every aspect. Belle Boyd grew up in Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. She is a lively, energetic young teen who can’t keep her temper contained. With her father away at war, the only people in her home are her, her mother, and Eliza (her sister). But, when Union soldiers come into her home and try to violate her mother in a way that diminishes a woman 's…

From the mid-17th century through the mid-18th century, British North America consisted of a number of today’s U.S. states; some of which were New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Virginia, New Hampshire, Maryland, Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, and South Carolina. During these two time frames, there were some principle events that occurred. Following those events contributed to the diversity of the different ethnic groups that lived in British North America. Some of those ethnic groups…

sure that the Union got them. Another instance of Lincoln’s direct involvement was when “at the end of January he issues two orders to force Halleck and Buell as well as McClellan into action” (69). With this order, Lincoln wanted “principle union armies to advance more or less simultaneously to threaten all enemy positions at the same time with superior force” (69). Lincoln knew what he wanted and he knew how he needed the war to go. He gave orders in an attempt to improve the functionality of…

The central government was much stronger with the power to collect taxes, regulate foreign commerce and raise armies. There would now be three branches of government: executive, legislative, and judicial. The executive branch would be a President and Vice President chosen by Electoral college. In the Electoral college each state had a number of electors equal…

split up into northern and southern wings. In 1859, the Republican Party committed to restricting slavery's expansion seemed poised to gain control of the federal government. In fear of losing their political power would affect their way of life, southerners retreated in terror. On Lincoln's inauguration, Confederate troops attacked federal troops in Fort Sumter in Charleston. Abraham Lincoln made a call to the nation arms which made states pick sides. The internal division in Virginia,…

Brown planned to free slaves in Virginia with massive raid. During Brown proposing the plan of the raid with the group, he removed a person when he or she asked him a question. He refused to believe anyone who considered his plan was not a wise idea. In another word, he represents an arrogant person. He also received many objections from Frederick Douglass to the plan, but Brown declined to listen to it. Furthermore, his army consisted of eighteen free blacks and extreme white…

Butler’s contraband argument by authorizing the United States army to seize any slave used to aid the Confederate military. This however did not resolve the ambiguity of the status of the majority of enslaved people who now numbered in the thousands in and around Union army camps. The decision as to whether these people were free, property of the army, or to be returned to their masters was essentially left to the discretion of individual army officers. The 2nd Confiscation Act passed by…

history on the institution of slavery. He points out that it was slow to take foundation in Virginia. The first slaves arrived in 1619, but white indentured servants significantly outnumbered slaves during the 17th century. However, as time went on that changed and the number of indentured workers declined as England began to realize the advantages of maintaining a cheap labor force at home. In Virginia, slaves who were not only needed to farm tobacco, but as their numbers grew through…