Civil defense

000 casualties was the devastating result of the Civil War, America’s bloodiest military conflict. The South’s decision to secede from the Union is what prompted the onset of the Civil War, which started April 12, 1861- May 9,1865. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain was a Colonel for the Union army. Although he was in multiple battles in the Civil War, he is most remembered for his role in the Battle of Gettysburg. Of all battles fought during the Civil War, it was argued that the Battle of Gettysburg…

way to disorient their enemies. Bushwhackers and Texas rangers used these tactics from heavy influence of Native Americans. There newly found warfare saw the bolster of the southern borders defenses. Overall guerrilla warfare was and has been a centerpiece in the fight of American turmoil dating back to the Civil War era. The “Diablo Tejanos,” also known as the Texas Rangers terrorized the Mexican populace in the nineteenth century. They were established in 1823, where young…

When it comes to the causes of the Civil War there are certainly various reasons for it to have begun. I personally think the Civil War was caused mainly for two reasons that being the secession of the Confederate States and slavery issues. The Confederate States had “a constitutional right to secede” thus meaning that they believed the government was not upholding the obligations a state should have and felt the need to separate from the Union (Beard and Rabinowitz 2011). In addition, once…

U.S Homeland Security History up until 09/11/01 Colonial-Early Republic: • Frontier conflicts and Border security: o During the colonial- early republic era there were external threats. During the Native American warfare, War of 1812 and 1916 Mexican Edition frontier conflicts and border security was seen as a problem. The Native Americans and settlers were having conflicts over the frontier. Because of the conflicts, it caused militias to be involved. After the War of 1812, it showed there was…

The battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle thus far of the Civil War. Beginning on April 6, 1862 in Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee and lasting just two days, more than twenty thousand confederate and union soldiers lost their lives. The violent battle was critical for General Ulysses S. Grant and the union because it secured the Mississippi waterway. It also demonstrated just how much grit it was going to take to win the war. America had never seen so much bloodshed in a single battle. It…

with Carmichael and his associates, Sellers and Wise, awaited the arrival of NAACP’s representative Roy Wilkins and the Urban League’s Whitney Young. Peniel E. Joseph, a prominent researcher of the Civil Rights and Black Power era, described the latter two men as “two of America's most prominent civil rights leaders, they possessed tremendous influence, their range of contacts stretching from business and civic groups all the way to the White House.” As such, they commanded a presence in the…

It the president constitutional duty to defense the United States of America against insurrection/rebellion. Although the power of war-making was controversy at the constitution convention. The framers of the constitution debated intensely that Congress should be charged with the responsibility…

On April 4, 1967, Martin Luther King, Jr., an enormously influential civil rights activist, conveys his indignant and hopeful thoughts regarding the Vietnam War, in his speech “Beyond Vietnam,” by utilizing biblical allusion, anaphora, and use of diction. The pro-social justice and anti-war speech were delivered to state MLK’s opposition to the war to the people of Riverside Church in New York. In this speech, King is evident in his stance regarding Vietnam and expresses his hopeful ideas of…

win the Confederacy drastically. Moreover, the strategy of Confederacy was only to defense, controlled the battleground still in North lands. They waited for the North crumbling from within, then they would have sufficient reason to persuade the Union to stop the Civil War (Goldfield, The American Journey: A History of the United State, P402). When…

Lincoln, the President during this time, while the Confederacy was led by Jefferson Davis. The Civil War resulted in the death of over 500,000 people, more than any other war America has been involved in. Some of the largest, deadliest battles have resulted from this war, including Gettysburg, which alone led to the deaths of over 51,000 soldiers. There are many different opinions on what caused the Civil War, such as the following…