Army of the Tennessee

bands for Hendrix. In 1961, he enlisted in the United States Army as an alternative to going to prison. While a soldier, he was capable of finding the time to continue his dream as a musician. A loosely organized band was created called the Casuals. Billy Cox played bass and continued on with Jimi for future bands. He wasn’t in the army very long before being honorably discharged on the basis of unsuitability. He soon moved to Tennessee and began playing in a few different bands while there. In…

farmers, townspeople, and slaves would be enlisted in the army to fight for what they believed in. Many battles were fought in between these four years; North and South both winning and losing a comparable amount of bloodshed. Battle after battle, neither side would back down no matter how much it cost. That is until April 2, 1865 when Petersburg and Richmond, Virginia fell. During this time, “General Lee abandons both cities and moves his army west in hopes of joining Confederate forces under…

A slave owner who was attributed for taming the American plains, a land full of violent Indian tribes and hostile Mexican armies fought for the rights of his slaves, the Indians who plagued his land, and the people he led. This is the perplexing story of Sam Houston, one of America's most influential men and unlikely civil rights leader. Sam Houston, the first president of Texas and two-time congressman, believed in equal rights for all. He was an advocate for many types of “civil rights…

of the farms and to grow the food needed. Woman sewed, knitted coats, underwear, and socks for the soldiers because the army did not have resources for new uniforms. (Bryant, n.d, sec. World War 1 Experience para.1) This contribution that the women made were very vital to the army. A million women filled the vacancies left by men who are now risking their lives to fight in the army.(Bryant, n.d, sec. World War 1 Experience para.5) It was the first time that American Women were allowed to join…

Civil War: Drama, Spectacle, and Performance War sets the world on fire. Often caused by differences in beliefs, war divides people based on perspective. One of the most bloody and divisive wars in history was the American Civil War. During the Civil War, America was pitted against itself in a bloodbath divided by geological, social and political differences. These geological, social and political differences, lead to drama spectacle and performance that can be seen. These…

Upon learning that I was ineligible to enlist in the United States Army because I do not meet the “Standards of Medical Fitness”, I was devastated. From the time that my best friend informed me that she was joining, I wanted to enlist. I took the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery in my senior year of high school and scored high enough to qualify for some of the most advanced positions that the Armed Forces had to offer, including those in the skilled technical field. In fact, the scores…

land. At the beginning, the rebellion was peaceful and centered mainly on freeing the men who had been jailed for not paying their taxes. This revolt becomes more militant on August 29, 1786. A Massachusetts militia that had been raised as a private army defeated the rebellion force on February 3, 1787. In 1791, the government of the United States previously running under the Articles of Confederation had been replaced by a hands on, more effective government stipulated under the United States…

general-in-chief of the Union army in 1861. McClellan was not only in a different political party to Lincoln he also was opposed to Lincoln in his political views about slavery and believed the purpose of the American Civil War was to preserve the Union and nothing else. McClellan’s view of the war as a way to only preserve the Union was common during the early stages of the war. Despite the clash in political views, Lincoln did have McClellan as a general in order to aid the Union army and felt…

Franklin Delano Roosevelt stepped in as leader during a dark time in American history. Although some of his policies were unsuccessful, many of them helped pull America out of the Great Depression. There were a multitude of causes for the Depression, it was a culmination of many smaller problems resulting in one very big problem. There were also many reason as to why it lasted so long and was so cruel. FDR’s policies and programs were somewhat controversial and debated by many, but most of them…

(Atomic Archive) (Energy.gov) Uranium isotope separation facilities are built at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; plutonium production reactors are built at Hanford, Washington; and a weapons laboratory is set up at Los Alamos, New Mexico. (Atomic Archive) (Energy.gov) A microscopic sample of pure plutonium is produced in August of 1942. (Atomic Archive) Under…