Army of the Tennessee

Drouillard was a French Canadian who was employed by the British as a trader and interpreter. (Denissen, Christian. (1987). Genealogy of the French Families of the Detroit River Region. Detroit Society for Genealogical Research.) We lived in the Tennessee River Valley, until white settlers pushed us out. I then moved with my mom to the Cape Girardeau Area,…

fact he did not want to polish the British officer’s boots. Jackson cursed and hated the British Forces that he was all alone throughout his early ages in life. As Jackson continued to live through his life, at the age of twenty-one, he moved to Tennessee where he studied law. After surrounding his life to local politics, he won the election to the House of Representatives and the Senate in the 1790’s. After winning the election, he later became a judge on the state supreme court. His…

and the Mexican war. He also had two practice runs in Meridian and one with General Nathaniel. Sherman had to go through military school first to be a general. He was in the top six of his class. Then the Union Government invited him to lead the Tennessee army on his March to the Sea. Also he captured Atlanta on September 2. He became major general in the Battle of Shiloh. William T. Sherman started his 450 mile march on November 15th and used the total war tactic, which means destroy…

Alabama. His mother is from Utah, Alabama, and when she was about give birth she went home to her mother. He was born in 1941 and returned to his hometown of Huntsville, Alabama as a newborn. Parents Meeting His father was born in Fayetteville, Tennessee. His mother was teaching during the depression in Huntsville. Huntsville is where is parents met and it is where his parents stayed. Mr. Askins’ father owned a small store and he later got into the investment business, which he ended up doing…

In the first election that Jackson participated there were four candidates Jackson from Tennessee, Henry Clay from Kentucky, William H. Crawford from Georgia, and John Quincy Adams from Massachusetts. With each candidate representing a different part of the country, it was a very close election, so close that the House of Representatives had…

designed by “Prussian artist Nicola Marschall in Marion, Alabama”. The Stars and Bars flag was adopted into the union in Montgomery, Alabama. When the war started the flag looked too much like the union flag which caused a lot of confusion in “commanding armies in maneuvers”. Which lead to the new national flag, the Stainless Banner flag. (Coski, John M.)(Confederate Flag History) The Stainless Banner’s flag was from May 1, 1863 to March 4, 1865. The white on the flag represents the “purity of…

During the 1960s, a series of life-changing events occurred in the United States. The Civil War between the North and the South resulted in many fatalities and destruction of property. One of our founding fathers, Abraham Lincoln, led the citizens of the U.S. towards freedom. His dedication and compassion encouraged his soldiers to stand against the tyrants that were attacking their nation. One of Lincoln’s famous speeches, the Gettysburg Address, was preached in honor of the Union soldiers…

since the presidential party ran mostly on anti-slavery programs. On December 20, 1860 South Carolina succeed from the Union and not far behind were 10 other states (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia). Abraham Lincoln fears the succession of the south from the Union ,accordingly he proclaimed that he had no intentions of editing or ending the ideas of slavery. Doing so outrage his black supporters and their white allies,…

taking it over. I would say that that is very important. On May 18, our army prepared for war. The next day Ulysses S. Grant sent Sherman’s corps, which included me, to attack along the Graveyard Road northeast of town because he wanted to defeat his enemy. However, it turned on us because Pemberton, the engineer, had created strong works all around Vicksburg. We were torn apart, causing 1,000 casualties.…

weekly at his church singing and playing in front of a large congregation. When he was ten years old, he won second prize for singing at a contest. The following year he received his first guitar as a legacy. When Presley’s family moved to Memphis, Tennessee, he began competing and winning talent shows and his fame grew even stronger. The appreciation and support he had from people inspired and encouraged him to work more. When Presley graduated High School in 1952, he began driving a truck for…