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    becomes governor of Tennessee and just three short years later earned a seat as a U.S. senator in 1857. At the beginning of Andrew’s new journey, he introduces the Homestead Bill to the U.S. senate in 1857. On November 6, 1860 Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth president of the United Sates. When the Civil War broke out in 1861, Andrew decides to remain loyal to the Union and keeps his seat as a U.S. senate. It was not until 1862 when Andrew is appointed military governor of Tennessee that he…

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    The officer had to purchase his own uniform. The state furnished two (2) badges, for the cap and coat; the salary was $150.00 per month. The headquarters was in the Masonic Lodge Building on 7th Avenue North in Nashville, Tennessee. On Monday, December 2, 1929, at 12 noon, an extraordinary session of the 66th General Assembly was called into session. Item 17 of the agenda called for: the creation of a State Highway Patrol for the purpose of better enforcing the laws, rules…

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    May, they union also recruited a man named “Nathanial Banks” to be the general. He ordered a plan that consisted of around 20 regiments, regiments that were split by infantry, artillery, cavalry, engineers and lastly local hospitals like in today’s army. African Americans during the civil war received different treatment then Caucasians. First, as far as finances, African Americans received a three-dollar pay difference. African Americans were paid ten dollars a month verse Caucasians…

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    did my damndest. There was t something about him I could not stomach. I knew nothing about him personally, but what I could see about him told me everything I needed to know. I thought to myself, “you just don’t see niggers joining up with the Union Army every day” at least not that early in the war. And to say he, “joined up” is not totally true since he didn’t have a uniform, firearm, or provisions provided by the quartermaster. As far as I was concerned, he was “just some nigger on the run…

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    had not yet become states. The war was fought from 1861-1865, and it was the bloodiest 4 years in U.S. history. It started when the Confederates bombarded the Union soldiers at Fort Sumter. The majority of the fighting took place in Virginia and Tennessee. The Union had about 2.1 million soldiers, and the Confederates had about 1 million soldiers fight for their victory. Approximately 260,000 soldiers died from combat, accident, starvation and disease. The Battle of Gettysburg was the bloodiest…

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    To seize control of the Mississippi River, the Union surrounded Vicksburg until the Rebels finally surrendered (Appleby et al. [Page 486]). Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis viewed the capture of Vicksburg as the key to defeating the Confederate army. The Union had also used their naval operations to seize Vicksburg. They had originally ordered a complete surrender of the South, but the Confederacy rejected this proposal. This resulted in a changing point in the Civil War with the Union's new…

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    The Army characterizes leadership by many attributes and core competencies that led to very specific out comes ranging from, creating healthy climates, securing U.S. interests, and mission success. Through the hard work and determination of General Jackson he later became the seventh President of the United States of America. Army doctrine provides the core concept that describes what leaders need to be, know, and do to be successful. Specifically, during the Creek American War General Jackson…

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    American history cannot be complete without the mention of slavery that caused much suffering to African Americans. The war of 1812 that came shortly after America’s ndependence was another milestone in American history that cannot be forgotten (Horsman). The one time president of the United States, Andrew Jackson was adversely mentioned in the slave history because of his positive contribution towards the freeing of the American slaves during his tenure as the president. America’s early history…

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    The Trail of Tears was a series of forced removals of Native American nations from their ancestral homelands in the Southeastern United States to a piece of land that was designated as Native Territory. In 1803 the Indian Removal Act was passed leading to the removal of the Creeks, Chickasaws, Choctaws, Seminoles, and Cherokees were relocated off their land. The trek was over 1,000 miles long and thousands of people died while being transported. Before the Indian Removal Act, the tribes were…

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