Army of the Tennessee

states seceded this same year the Civil War was declared when Fort Sumter was bombarded for 2 days straight before surrendering on April 14. On April 15, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to join the Northern army. Unwilling to contribute troops, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee dissolved their ties to the federal…

preparation to meet the enemy in that direction; The attack of his massed column of 20,000 was a surprise from which the men could not recover- a shock which they could not resist” (p. 56). Yet this is a one-sided view as Hurst was part of the Union Army. South Carolina’s Free South newspaper described the Unions position in the Battle of Chancellorsville differently than Hurst’s account by focusing…

Elvis Aaron Presley, the famous Rock "n" Roll singer, died yesterday August 16, 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee he was 42 years old. He was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi to parents Gladys and Vernon Presley. He had a twin brother Jesse Garon who died shortly after birth. He was raised in a poor, religious household where he grew very close to his mother. He started singing in the church choir at a young age. He received his first guitar at the age of twelve and taught…

WAR USAACE NCOA SSG Chad M. West 15Z SLC 17-003 SFC Maradol The Battle of Vicksburg was a collective land and naval battle that ensured a strategic location for the Union Army (Burden, 2000). Although, not as well-known as the Battle of Gettysburg or Fort Sumter, this was a tremendous victory for the Union Army as it helped to establish a much needed supply chain. Also, to note, the actual timeframe of the battle only lasted a couple of months, the push for this small town and port…

For Camp Douglass the camp went through many different leaders. Most of them consisting of mostly Colonel’s in the army Camp Douglass saw multiple change in hands. These changes in hands lead to one problem in Camp Douglass. With the Colonel’s constantly on the move to various camps, or even to the front the Camp never really got consistency. While the Camp did have…

Battalion. 6102 Tennessee Ave. Fort Campbell, KY 42223 Contact: hong.s.choi.mil@mail.mil. ABSTRACT The engineers have been leading the path to the where enemy sleeps, eat, and train for the longest time since revolutionary war and today war against terror. There are numerous engineer battalions in our Army today. This research shows engineers are the best, but who is the best engineer battalion in history, maybe not from the…

born in March 2,1793 in a hilltop in Virginia.He had 5 brothers and 3 sisters ,but had the most potential of them all. His father died when he was 13,so he had to move in with his mother. Later because they had a bad money problem they moved to tennessee, because he had to work and do labor he ran away at 15 knowing he had a life outside of his family.He went to live amongst the Cherokees for 3 years and was given the indian name Colonneh(The Raven). He viewed Oolooteka as…

the interior and initiated a siege of Vicksburg, thus giving the union control of the Mississippi river. This siege of Vicksburg shifted the tide of the war in favor of the Union. In March of 1864 Grant was appointed general and chief of all union Armies. He launched a new drive on Richmond however, he suffered many losses in the wildness campaign of May and June. At Cold Harbor Grant made a mistake by ordering a frontal assault on the confederates. The result was 7,000 Union casualties in less…

Alvin York and his friends are hell-raisers in their town: picking fights, shooting tress, and getting drunk at a bar on the boundary line between Kentucky and Tennessee since selling booze is legal in Kentucky. Mrs. York asks the pastor to help guide Alvin. Pastor Pile tries to refine Alvin but is unsuccessful, although Alvin did concede that he would be open to the notion in the future. The pastor foreshadows that religion “may come like a bolt of lightning.” York is attracted to a local girl…

Morgan Freeman was born June 1, 1937 in Memphis Tennessee to Mayme Freeman who was a teacher and Morgan Porterfield Freeman who was a barber. He died April 27, 1961from Cirrhosis. Morgan was sent to his grandmother in Charleston Ms. He moved around a lot during his childhood. Living in Greenwood MS and Gary Indiana, then finally Chicago ILL. Where he begin his acting career at nine years old. Playing the lead role in a school play he went to Broad Street high School which today is Thread gill…