First Battle of Bull Run

The Civil War is the deadliest war this country has had to endure. It pitted the North versus the South over the issues of slavery and preservation of the Union. Families were literally torn apart as some members supported the Union while others supported the Confederacy. Divided loyalties among such close relatives made espionage a near certainty throughout the war. This paper will examine why there were spies, who they were, how they operated, and their contributions to the war effort. During…

family where he needed to make a great impression to be remembered, he surely did it. Fitzhugh Lee most notably known for his military accomplishments is also known as a hero with a passion to pursue that of the confederacy. Although in most of his battles he served as second in command, he still pursued the enemy and victory at all costs which set…

The hygiene of the camps was poor, especially at the beginning of the war when men who had seldom been far from home were brought together for training with thousands of strangers. First came epidemics of the childhood diseases of chicken pox, mumps, whooping cough, and, especially, measles. Operations in the South meant a dangerous and new disease environment, bringing diarrhea, dysentery, typhoid fever, and malaria. There were no antibiotics, so the surgeons prescribed coffee, whiskey, and…

The responses from the public changed drastically throughout the course of the war. In the very beginning, people were not scared. During the first battle, the Battle at Bull Run in Northern Virginia, people rushed to the scene in carriages and watched as the war took place. After a few hours though, people began to realize the war was in fact not amusement, and it was serious. Not long after their realizations, the Civil War began to be an unwelcomed presence in their lives. Some older…

of the warriors’ minds” (Knox 61). For in this Homeric society the gods know that men are, as Hera says, “condemned as a mortal always is to death and hardly endowed with wisdom as deep as the gods” (18.422-24). And even so, three books later and battle breaks out between the gods of Mount Olympus. In this way, there is representation that there can always be a more powerful, commanding, and demanding person than the next. And it seems deep down the heroes realize that in the long…

War, Bevin Alexander explains that the South made a lot of fatal errors that cost them the war and if they hadn’t of made these errors, they could have been victorious. Brief Summary In this book, Bevin Alexander dug deep into various Civil War battles and instances that really cost the South. If the outcomes of these wars or events were different than the South could of had a better probability…

hard on him. Then again when no matter how hard he tried he could not feel peace in the killing of Hector. Only when he gives the body back is he humbled. When it comes to Gilgamesh he has the fight with Enkidu that first humbles him, then you have the fight with Huwawa and the Bull of Heaven. Achilles after killing Hector had to fight with himself by not letting the body go back to Troy. While Gilgamesh fought with himself after the death of Enkidu trying to find immortality because he was so…

American Civil War – Gowtham Venkatachalam The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. The American civil war was the bloodiest war in American history which wiped out 3% of the USA’s population. The civil war was an unintended, but fortunate war that granted some of the freedoms that the United States has come to symbolize. (World to text…

but we did mention it.” Despite another slow start against Philadelphia Friday, the Cavs (5-1) pulled away to pick up a 108-102 victory in Quicken Loans Arena. The win was the Cavs’ fifth straight after a season-opening loss in Chicago against the Bulls. “Obviously, we did not have our best defensive game tonight,” Blatt said. After two quarters, Cleveland trailed the winless Sixers (0-5) 50-49. The…

America the Story of Us Episode 1: Rebels In May of 1610 a ship named “The Deliverance” was making its way towards America. Young English farmers were upon this ship taking the treacherous journey in search of a new life. The majority of the common people will not make it to see the land of the free. But that does not shift the people's persuasion in the chance of opportunity. Land, wilderness, gems, and more are laid throughout the America’s waiting to be claimed. Ten years later new…