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    Regardless of the exact date or location of its origins, one thing is clear – Memorial Day was borne out of the Civil War and a desire to honor our dead. It was officially proclaimed on 5 May 1868 by General John Logan, national commander of the Grand Army of the Republic, in his General Order No. 11. “The 30th of May, 1868, is designated for the purpose…

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    The novel takes place at an army base in the U.S. state of Georgia. Private Ellgee Williams, a solitary man full of secrets and desires, has served for two years and is assigned to stable duty. After doing yard work at the home of Capt. Pender ton, he sees the captain’s wife nude and becomes obsessed with her. Capt. Weldon Pender ton and his wife Leonora, a feeble-minded Army brat, have a fiery relationship and she takes in many lovers. Leonora’s current lover, Major Morris Langdon, lives…

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    upon the rendered opportunity of engaging in combat against the South. Further complementing this posed notion, the large influx of volunteers furthermore reveals the primary reason behind why several individuals were altogether denied entry into the army. In brief, an exuberant response captures the essence of Lincoln’s offer to enlist in the Union…

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    Was in Tennessee, where he had to go to lead a peaceful march in support of striking sanitation workers. He was staying at Lorraine Motel in Memphis, where he was standing on the balcony when a shot which struck his face and neck hit him, he was taken to St. Joseph…

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    The purpose of this report is to provide an analysis of the barber shop segment in the beauty and personal care industry, which will run down a new company, and forecasts of its feasibility. Our business concept, Frontline Barber, will provide American military members with an array of barber shop services with a specialty in military style grooming, while also offering access to a full bar and lounge. In the United States, the hair care service industry has around 80,000 establishments that…

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    Confederacy’s uniform feel the “hard hand of war”, making their lives so uncomfortable that they wouldn’t fathom supporting the Confederate cause. These tactics would eventually evolve into what would be considered “modern warfare” at a time when armies were still exchanging volleys via musket lines.…

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    offices, one of which was higher ranking than the other, and he reported himself to the commanding officer, who responded: “Mr. Bragg, you have quarreled with every officer in the army, and now you are quarreling with yourself” (Grant). The commanding officer’s statement that he had already fought with everyone in the army reveals that, getting into arguments and disagreeing with people is part of his inherent nature. His fights were usually caused by his nature to “distrust his subordinate…

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    ships that were damaged or lost at Pearl Harbor USS Detroit, USS Tangier, USS Medusa, and the USS Maryland were all slightly damaged and then there were USS Raleigh, USS Nevada, USS Vestal, USS Pennsylvania, USS Downes, USS Shaw, USS Cassin, USS Tennessee, and the USS Helena were all heavily damaged and then there was the USS Utah and the USS Oklahoma that was capsized and then there were USS Curtis that was moderate damage and then there was the USS Arizona, USS West Virginia, USS California…

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    The Union’s past failures had pushed Lincoln to the brink of collapse. He had expressed heavily that the key to the Union’s failures was the slowness of the Union army. Lincoln wanted his field commanders to set a trap for the enemy when they were invading the Union’s land, Lincoln also wanted his commanders to block the Confederate’s retreat route. On April 9, 1862, Lincoln sent a telegram to one of his struggling…

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    University of Tennessee at Knoxville graduate student John Pinheiro discusses this connection in his article titled “’Extending the Light and Blessings of Our Purer Faith’: Anti-Catholic Sentiment among American Soldiers in the U.S.-Mexican War”. Pinheiro says this in his…

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