Army of the Tennessee

at Fortress Monroe in 1861, the First Confiscation Act in August of that same year, and through the preliminary announcement of the Emancipation Proclamation in September 1862, that opened the door to enlistment of African American men in the Union army the following year. By August of 1863, Douglass would be making his case for equal pay for black soldiers to Secretary of War Stanton and to President Lincoln in person, within the walls of the White House itself. September, 1861; I found it! It…

destination at around 10 hours of driving per day. Along the path, I was exposed to even more culturally diverse states, with the dialect and attitudes changing from place to place that we stopped to rest. Social norms varied as well and when we reached Tennessee, my stepfather and I were invited to join a barbeque. This gave me a chance to get a general feel as to how people would be like living here and how it would be in general. I found that people from the south are generally more courteous…

He defeated a british army of 10,000 men with only 5,000 and only lost twenty men in 1815. It was one of the worst british defeats, making him a hero. He led another attack in 1818 against the Seminole Indians and captured pensacola. Spain sold florida to the United States…

I answered each question in the survey as honestly as possible. Maximizer, context, responsibility, discipline, and consistency are my greatest strengths (Anderson, Clifton, & Schreiner, 2006). I have been at my job for almost sixteen years. Each of my supervisors had recognized my strength as a maximizer shortly after I was hired (Anderson, Clifton, & Schreiner, 2006). I was given responsibilities and jobs that no else wanted, because it was tedious and time consuming (Anderson, Clifton, &…

Did you the know the civil war was the bloodiest war in America? On average, 600 people were killed each day and throughout the war, 618,000 people were killed. But do you know who won? Based on a close reading with graphs, charts, and maps, the Union must have won. The Union was more than half the size of the Confederate. Moreover, the Union had more soldiers than its enemy. Also, the Union had a larger manufacturing output. Hence, the Union had more advantages during the war so they must have…

On July 3, 1863, Pemberton sent word to Grant that he needed to examine surrender. The next day, July 4, 1863, Union forces acknowledged the surrender of Vicksburg. More than 30,000 Confederates were paroled, as they were starving and in poor condition. Grant came to lament this, the same number of rejoined the Confederate armed force, abusing the terms of their parole. This is one motivation behind why in 1864 the Union armed force halted all detainee trades with the Confederacy. The outcomes…

masters, provided Union armies and generals with useful information of the Southern territory, as well as acting as “spies, scouts and river pilots” (Barney 174). This could have prevented had the Confederacy agreed to emancipate their African-American slaves early on in the war. Jefferson Davis critically rejected the possibility early on in the war until confederate generals Robert E. Lee and Patrick Cleburne pushed for any remaining slaves to be armed and put into Confederate armies. While…

Ulysses S. Grant, President Lincoln has given Grant control of the Union army. Many southern leaders believe that giving him total control over the union army by making him commander will be a grave mistake that Lincoln will regret in the future. Grant earned his place at the top of the army by doing whatever Lincoln said, and by the reckless captures of forts Henry and Donelson. Also by capturing the capital of Tennessee, and wouldn’t stop in any of the battles even if it meant killing most…

of many; both the Natives and civilized Americans. Despite his down falls of being a "Big Drunk", Houston was able to create a big name for himself. In his 70 years of life, Houston managed to become a lawyer, Politian and Commander-and-Chief in the Army. Despite his great accomplishments, being man for the Natives and eventually earning the tittle of "The father of Texas" are among his greatest ones. Due to his several different professions, Houston's relationship with the Natives was a…

port to receive things and trade their southern goods that they grew or made. That would really help the Union. The Battle of Orleans was one of the historic wars between the Southern Confederate army and the Northern Union army. The Union army fought for the end of slavery while the Confederate army was fighting to preserve slavery. Early in the year 1862 the Confederate concentrated their attacks…