Confederacy

who have escaped would not be free for very long. Therefore, Abraham Lincoln was committed to freeing the slaves within the United States and played a very large role in doing so. In Guelzo’s essay he states that “Without the Proclamation, the Confederacy even in defeat would have retained legal title to its slaves” (Guelzo, 357). The Emancipation Proclamation was considered one of the most revolutionary pronouncement and was very helpful to move the United States towards the elimination of…

Ancient Greek: Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens. Cleisthenes is considered the father of democracy. He was a noble Athenian. He was able to change the Athenian government by overthrowing of Hippias, who was the son of a tyrant. Ancient Greek: Cleisthenes introduces democracy in Athens. Cleisthenes is considered the father of democracy. He was a noble Athenian. He was able to change the Athenian government by overthrowing of Hippias, who was the son of a tyrant. Ancient Roman…

Summary At the conclusion of the American Civil War, the Southern states were decimated, their fields were scorched, their cities lay in ruin, the slave holding social order was dismantled, and the Southern people were forced to face an existence in a union with their former foes. These facets were not lost on the people of the North. However, there was a need for a comprehensive examination of the post war South that would reveal to Northerners the true nature of affairs in the post war South.…

summer of 1701, author states “the twelve hundred French residents of Montreal played host to some thirteen hundred Native American visitors…” (Bohaker,pg.23) The reasoning behind this was to create a peace treaty, to end conflict with the Iroquois Confederacy. This event is important to remember because the Algonquins were one of many North American native tribes to have the French as allies. From this moment on, the reader will discover the characteristics the tribe had and the significance.…

masterpiece and is one of the greatest speeches ever written. Even though, the Gettysburg address was short, it clearly conveyed to the audience the importance of the Civil War. The speech wasn’t about one battle, slavery or even the Union versus the Confederacy. It was about the necessity for our nation to be governed by popular democracy, where all men are treated equal. The combination of sacrifices made by everyone involved was for the greater good for…

mchair civil war nerd here. General Grant was a brilliant general and changed military tactics during the Civil War. Though, the civil war itself were changing how people perceived war (aka rifles and precise cannons). Early in the war, Grant was an unknown general in the west. He later gain fame with the successful strikes at Fort Henry and Donelson. However, Grant and the army ran into trouble when attacking Corinth, Mississippi. The army was caught unaware and the bloodbath of Shiloh took…

South Carolina had all seceded from The Union. The Battle of Fort Sumter began when South Carolina seceded from the Union in December of 1860. Major Robert Anderson and his 85 soldiers moved their command to Fort Sumter. By April of 1861, the confederacy commanded Robert to…

Since the Iroquois Confederacy (Mohawk, Onondaga, Caguga, Seheca, and Tuscarora tribes) saw Germany as an enemy in World War I (WWI), the high enlistment trend wasn’t unpredictable. In fact, the author of “Native Americans in the Military - World War II” states that “in 1924…

the president of the Confederacy, did not think Johnston would be able to stop Sherman, so he had him replaced with the more aggressive John Hood. Hood, however, was even more unsuccessful at stopping Sherman and Sherman captured Atlanta on Sept. 1, 1864. Sherman declared Atlanta to be a military base and ordered all of the civilians to leave. Hood made many attacks, but with Sherman on the defensive, Hood could not penetrate into the city. Sherman wanted to split the Confederacy, so he began to…

fighting brother against brother, to something that actually made sense: freeing the slaves. It became a fight for freedom, not a pointless fight against one another. This also prevented European forces to intervene in the war on behalf of the Confederacy, crippling the southern states even more. As the war got worse, the republicans became more convinced that the Emancipation Proclamation would help. Although there were some precautions to the document, nothing stopped anyone from issuing…