Army of the Tennessee

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…

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…

Believe it or not, The United States has not been a superpower for as long as most people may believe. Many people in today’s society think the United States has been the way we are forever. Before the late 1800s, the United States was a divided nation that was reluctant to indulge in technological development and industrialization. However, after many technical, social/cultural, and organizational changes in the United States, this soon had changed making the American government a major power.…

exercising disciplined initiative resulting in the victory. Grant was appointed commander of the Department of the Tennessee in October of 1962. Almost immediately he began preparations for combined land and naval operations against the Confederate-held Vicksburg . Vicksburg was one of the last strongholds and was used as a main supply line to ship supplies to the Confederate Armies. Grant’s land force cut off the supply line from Jackson to Vicksburg before capturing the city. Meanwhile,…

Born on December 13, 1887, in Pall Mall, Tennessee, Alvin C. York was a blacksmith who was drafted into the army in 1917.The third oldest of a family of eleven children. Living in a region that saw little need for education, York had a grand total of nine-months schooling at a subscription school he attended in his youth. People thought that he wouldn’t amount to anything because he was a hell raiser drinker and gambler. In 1914 York experienced a religious conversion that changed look out in…

The military figure I chose to do my project on it is Gen. Ulysses S Grant. I chose him because of how multi-dimensional his life was. The story of his life was almost like a movie. The main reasoning behind my choice was because I wanted to learn as much as I possibly could from him. He was an honest man that took leadership in a time of need for his country. Hiram Ulysses Grant was born on April 27, 1822, in Point Pleasant, Ohio. When Grant was 17, Congressman Thomas L. Hamer nominated him…

The film opens up at the point where Santa Anna has gained victory in defeating the American/Texan Army at the Alamo. Sam Houston is then shown being told what occurred at the Alamo. From this point we see the film transitions into a flashback a year before the battle to introduces us to the important people of the battle and show us how it lead to it. We are shown that Sam Houston is at a party where he is talking to people about Texas and how they should immigrate to it. At the party Houston…

due to the gain of territory in Tennessee and along the Mississippi River for their efforts in 1862, especially at the Battle of Shiloh with Grant and Buell and the Seizure of New Orleans by 1 May 1862. In the East, however under McClellan, Burnside and later Pope, gained little or lost a bunch with each major engagement against the Confederates such as the Battle of Fair Oaks and later the Seven Days Battles. In the end of the campaign of these battles the Army of the Potomac again was pulled…

In May 1814 he became Major General of the army. On January 8, 1815, he overpowered the British in New Orleans and was praised as a hero. Jackson also served in the 1st Seminole War (1817-19) when he defeated the Spanish Governor in Florida. Andrew Jackson was a lawyer in North Carolina and then went on to Tennessee to establish a different life style. In 1796, he assisted at the convention that created the Tennessee Constitution. He was elected in 1797 as Tennessee's first US Representative…

“General.” The engine operated on the Western Atlantic Railroad line and serviced both freight and travel between Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to Russell S. Bonds in Stealing the General, “Chattanooga was an important rail junction that controlled food and supplies coming from the dep south headed to the confederate armies in Virginia.” The engine was built by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor Company, out of Paterson, New Jersey, in December of 1855. The raid that…