Battle of Fort Sumter

Elizabeth, John Van Lew’s daughter, sent me to a Quaker school for African American’s in Philadelphia. After graduating and returning home from school, I married Wilson Bowser, who was also a free African American. We married four days after the Battle of Fort Sumter began, which was the start of the Civil War. Even after getting married, I still stayed close and in contact with the Van Lew family. Elizabeth was a spy…

There is a strong Judeo-Christian principle of ‘love your enemy’. Not sure why God wanted to teach “His people” to do such a thing, but that question is redundant to the faithful. He is God and I am not. American values have often imitated the Judeo-Christian heritage that formed most, the majority, of the founding fathers and mother’s beliefs in the 18th century. As the civilization worked through this process it had to sometimes kill the enemy before they could historically love them…

Second Manassas: The False Retreat The Union drove forward as they saw a gap in the battle, only after this moment did they find this method as a false retreat. This tactic was used on August 28 - 30, 1862 in the Second Manassas, commonly known as the Second Battle of Bull Run. The Second Manassas was a very influential battle because it allowed General Lee to continue forward in the war (“Second Manassas Battle Facts and Summary”), held the fighting of many important leaders, and caused many…

planned attack on Fort Wagner, South Carolina. (Quarles…

In the 1850s, slavery, and other political issues between the states, became a sizable issue. Slavery began to dissect people. For example, the Northerners began to begin support free soil and abolition. However, the Southerners disagreed, and tension increased dramatically. Soon, the Southern slaveowners felt that their rights were no longer being illustrated, and felt that they must succeed (secession is the act of withdrawing from an organization, union, military alliance or especially a…

bombed Fort Sumter. The Confederate states won this battle which led to the Confederate states thinking they could take on after this which led to many more wars being fought. During the Civil War Abraham Lincoln was president and I believe he was the best because of the great things he accomplished, something I think no other would have done at the time. Abraham Lincoln helped free slaves in…

because this was the first battle to really help propel the United States into a Civil War. There were Americans shooting at Americans. Though the north was just sending food and supplies to the fort, the confederate forces located in Charleston, South Carolina opened fire. The Confederate forces opened fire with cannons demanding that Major Anderson surrender the fort to them. The fort was not a very strong fort but it was of great military value. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, President…

The Confederates were fighting to keep slaves as plantation workers. The Union wanted slaves to be freed and given rights under the law. According to Union Soldiers William F. Fox and Livermore in 1889, an estimated 620,000 soldiers were killed in battle, were starved, were disease ridden, or fell victim to accident or injury (Civil War Facts).…

Abraham Lincoln was a well-known individual who changed American culture by forming the process of the Emancipation Proclamation which led to the end of slavery in the United States. Abraham Lincoln was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky on February 12, 1809. Abraham was a very avid reader during his childhood. Many people viewed Abraham as “lazy” since he did not like the hard labor work that had to do with the frontier life. Many people though that Abraham did these things to get out of doing the…

Lincoln explains that he doesn't care if slavery is abolished or not, but only cares about keeping the country united. This shows how to determine Lincoln was to save the country and would do anything in his power to accomplish this (Document 1). The Battle…