Army of Northern Virginia

slaves Life During Wartime A draft that forced men to serve in the army; This was important because it led to riots focused on the draft in the North. A dedicated Nurse for the Union; She is important today because she founded the American Red Cross following the war, which is still around today. A tax that takes a stated percentage of someone 's income; This was important because it helped to pay for the war as the northern economy had grown Just after the Southern states in the United…

seceded Abraham Lincoln decided it was his job to preserve the union. During his first inaugural address Lincoln declared, “Shall it be peace, or the sword?"(civilwar.org) During his presidency Abraham Lincoln was also the commander-in-chief of the union army which is the highest ranking military officer. Lincoln always sought for a general who would put fighting first, no matter their politics, he found his perfect general in Ulysses S. Grant. Grant 's first command was as the colonel of the…

John Brown is not known by many, but his raids and actions changed many people 's thoughts on the war and thoughts on him. The life of John Brown. John Brown was born in May 9th, 1800 in Torrington Connecticut. When John Brown was five they moved to northern Ohio. This is where he spent most of his boyhood in Ohio. Ever since he was a little till he was an old man he would travel and move to places all over the north. These places consisted of Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and New York. His…

Zamperini was born January 26, 1917, in Olean, New York, to Anthony Zamperini and Louise Dossi, both native to Verona in Northern Italy. He had an older brother named Pete and two younger sisters, Virginia and Sylvia. He was raised in a strict Catholic household. The family moved to Torrance, California, in 1919, where Louis attended Torrance High School. Zamperini and his family spoke no English when they moved to California making him a target for bullies. His father taught him how to box in…

This cemetery is very peaceful and quiet and it is considered home to many people who visit. The heroes who are buried in the cemetery fought for the United States and made it a free country. Arlington National Cemetery is located in Arlington, Virginia, containing more than four hundred thousand bodies from the United States and eleven other countries. The cemetery has the second largest bodies buried in any other cemetery in the United States. The first largest cemetery is the Calverton…

there is another tale that should be associated with his name. Jefferson Davis was a man the adamantly supported the common belief that the federal government should not supersede state rights. However, after Jefferson Davis was captured by the Union Army, he was imprisoned and charged for treason. Subsequently, Jefferson Davis wanted to go to court and plead his case, because he believed that his actions were aligned with the American constitution. However, the case against Jefferson Davis was…

really affected the Southern states where slavery was heavily enforced. Slavery is known to be the leading cause of the American Civil War; The Union wanted slavery to be demolished, while the Confederate did not want slavery to be spread into the northern states. This detail is important because the Confederate was not against the idea. It was slavery as a whole, they just did not agree that slavery deserved a part in the United States as a whole.This war was a significant part of America and…

the armies, the leadership, the mens moral, and many more other things that contributed to the armies. Too start off the Confederate States of America had far less people in the whole population than the Union. There were almost twenty million people that lived in the twenty-three…

Dred Scott was an African - American who was born a slave, in Virginia, during the 1800s. Mr. Scott was a slave to Peter Blow. Throughout Dred Scott’s life, he moved along the West coast with Mr. Blow and all of his property. Mr. Blow died in 1830 and Dred Scott was purchased by Dr. John Emerson. Dr. Emerson, a surgeon in the United States Army, lived on military base in Illinois. Illinois was a free state at the time, meaning that Dred Scott was not…

slavery, which could be seen as his uprising or his downfall. His plan to free slaves and start a revolution was not a new concept, but his overall plan was a unique one. Whether it was killing families in Mississippi, or killing slave owners in Virginia John Brown felt violence was the only way to get his point across. However, were these killings and his onslaught of violence justified? He has been described as both a patriot and a terrorist, but I believe that he is an American domestic…