Army of Northern Virginia

side had their own advantages. The Union had very strong financial resources, an abundance of manufacturing companies and the best means of transport; the railroad. On the other hand, the Confederacy had one important advantage. They had a very strong army, with soldiers that were very passionate about fighting in the war. The Civil War, became a war between two separate societies…

little background is always good. In the American colonies Virginia was the first colony to have slaves in 1619. They were first treated as indentured servants still able to get their freedom after their work, some even once freed had their own indentured servants such as Anthony Johnson. The black population increased over the years; in 1625 they only had 23 slaves, in 1649 they only had 300, and in 1690 they had 950 slaves in Virginia. New England was next to have slaves and the were only…

Before the Civil War the North did not rely on slaves but on free labor, and the South did rely on slavery for their plantations. The South did eventually fight to keep slavery because they saw no moral wronging in it. The causes that slowly led up to the Civil War are the Kansas-Nebraska Act, John Brown 's assault on Harper 's Ferry, the North 's and the South 's belief of one another and how that belief was heightened, the Fugitive Slave Act- new and old, Uncle Tom 's Cabin, and the Dred Scott…

battle was that it caused many lives to be lost. This was the bloodiest battle in American history, with one in four soldiers either being killed, wounded, or captured. Another importance of this battle was that it showed the abilities of the Union army, and while the battle’s winner is debatable, the North felt that it was their victory. The third significance of this battle was the result that came directly after it: Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation. While the Proclamation did not have the…

Those in the Northern part were more advanced and developed compared to those in the Southern part. Up until now, we are still enjoying the benefits of the iron industry in the form of railroads, subways, automobiles, and aircraft carriers. Iroquois Nation The Iroquois…

At this time he finds himself in command of 1st corps of the Union army which comprised itself of 8,000 men who were primarily infantry troops who had single shot high caliber rifles. Coming up the street were 80,000 men of the Army of Northern Virginia. The opposing General, Robert E. Lee, had served as the commandant of West Point Academy where he attended college. With the reality of such a large force…

However, the majority of the battles took place in Virginia and Tennessee. While battles were fought as far North as Pennsylvania, no battles took place in Auburn, or the rest of New York, for that matter. However, New York still had significant involvement in the Civil War and played an important role. For…

On January 18, we pay our respects to the late Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, whose leadership is recognized as “fundamental” to the mid-1850s civil rights “movement’s success in ending the legal segregation of African Americans in the South and other parts of the United States” (“Martin Luther King, Jr” ). His “I have A Dream” address delivered on August 28, 1963 is still vibrant to this day, with a call to end racism and an ushering of a post-racial America from a land segregated between the…

of the state to attempt to stay hidden from everybody trying to find him. John Wilkes Booth's original plan was to kidnap Lincoln and trade him back for a few thousand confederate troops to be released from northern prions but because Robert E Lee had surrendered the largest confederate army the war was over and there was no need for troops. Booth thought he was doing a prayer for the south and that he would get recognised as a hero but instead the confederacy apologise for the act. Lincoln…

Orleans was for the most part consider uninhabitable due to the climate and difficulties farming. Colonists travelled westward in hopes to find more furs to trade.The Chesapeake colonies, also affected by climate, had terribly low life expectancies. In Virginia, the James River was mostly at fault in the arid summers because the salt water obstructed the water full of pollutants, so the colonists were unknowingly consuming bad water. This resulted in people contracting bloody flux and the few…