Battle of Fort Henry

The North and the South had very different cultures. The North was more industrial. This gives the North a huge advantage. They have factories to make gun and ammunition. “Also, since their railroads were small and not interconnected, it was hard for the South to move food, weapons, and even men quickly over long distances.” Ironically enough, the North had more food for their troops than the South because the South was focusing on cash crops like tobacco and cotton and did not produce enough…

Grant was both a general and a commander of the Union forces in the later years of the Civil War. He is known for being a great general who guided the Union troops to their triumph over the Confederate armies. He was victorious when he captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in Tennessee and when he crushed a large Confederate army in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Grant’s contribution to ending the Civil War, however, was when he led his forces to lay siege to Lee’s Northern Virginia army in Petersburg,…

President Madison was in office when Congress declared war. This began in 1812 America invaded Canada through Detroit later retreating and surrendering in August. Many other efforts to invade Canada failed also and while this was happening Fort Dearborn, which we now know as Chicago, fell before an attack from the Indians. There was a small glimpse of victory happening on the seas winning some fights over the British warships, but was short lived when the British navy began counterattacking…

Westward expansion is an integral part of the American story. It brought enormous economic output, and new political ideas. But not all were winners during the expansion, the First Nations Peoples were slaughtered and removed from their tribal homelands. The following will describe the expansion of the United States from before the Revolutionary war until the Civil War. The journey of explaining western expansion can only begin with the Revolutionary War and its conclusion. Before the…

The American Revolution was one of the important battles in American History. Without the American Revolution there would not have been the great country of the United States. However, not everyone supported the rebellion and some did not support it just because they were scared of the unknown. Some even thought they would be treated terribly if we lost the war. There were many influential people who would have a significant part in American History. The American Revolution began in 1775, but…

Dee Brown. Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. New York, New York: Henry Holt and Company. 1970. 487 Dee Brown’s “Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee” is a story about different groups of Native Americans’ struggles against the invading United States government. Multiple battles occur where the Native Americans attempt to defend themselves against the government. Some are successful others are not. Many Indian civilizations are taken over by the government to allow for expansion. Many treaties are…

people resulted in more than 50 Native American deaths. The Arapaho people also watched as General Connor and his men burned everything left in the camp. The now had merely the things on their backs and nothing more. This tragic day is now called the Battle of Tongue River. On the morning after this, warriors of the Arapaho tribe bushwhacked a group of soldiers and scared all of their cattle after pursuing them for some time. However, the warriors did not have the strength nor equipage needed to…

Crane’s approach with this story was to describe the experiences of war, and battle as he saw it should be. Crane was trying to display the meaning, and characteristics of war in his writing. He wanted to give the reader an experience of our everyday soldier life, so we would get a glimpse of what they go through. I also felt Crane was trying to inspire people to reach their goals, and make something of their selves. Henry wanted to leave his home, and head off to the war. He was hoping or…

The beginning of the Civil War began when President Lincoln sent a fleet of Union ships with supplies to Fort Sumter in South Carolina and the Confederate army fired shots at both the ships and the fort. President Lincoln was hoping for a quick victory, but that was soon destroyed and Lincoln called in for 500,000 Union soldiers. President Lincoln quickly surprised many as a very capable wartime leader. President Lincoln was very choosy about his military commanders, his first commander was,…

slavery was, so his mother had him spend time on the planation so he could see the truth. This led Smalls to challenge the town’s slave laws, which caused him to be put in and bailed out of prison multiple times. Fearing for his safety, his mother asked Henry McKee, the planation owner’s son, to let Smalls work in Charleston. It was at Charleston’s harbor that Smalls first went to work…