Flags of the Confederate States of America

Bruce Catton was a respected journalist and an authority on the American Civil War. In his essay, “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts”, he turns his attention towards both generals who are strong and oddly different. Grant and Lee both represented the strength of two conflicting currents. Although Grant and Lee had defined differences, but a few similarities such as both of them wanted the best for their side. Ulysses S. Grant was the son of a tanner on a western frontier, who had a sharp eye…

During the Civil War on 1863, Abraham Lincoln suggested the 10 percent Reconstruction plan. It was made to that a state could be reintegrated into the Union. Also on this plan . Southerners except for high-ranking Confederate officers and officials would be granted pardon. Lincoln guaranteed the south that he would protect their property,(not including slaves. By 1864, Louisiana, Tennessee, and Arkansas had established…

Siege of Boonesborough - September 7-17 1778 In 1775 Daniel Boone blazed his way into central Kentucky. He built a fort near the Kentucky River and christened it, Fort Boone. Soon American settlers began to move westward,they started settling at Fort Boone. With the beginning of the Revolutionary War, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Hamilton ordered the British to arm the local Native tribes and Loyalists with weapons, and encouraged them to attack the American settlers in Kentucky. In February of…

It is difficult not to disagree with the stupendous amount of reverence that Abraham Lincoln presented in his oration in 1838. I say this because the vigilante justice that he warns the nation against so greatly is enticing, especially when there has been a grave injustice. To put it crudely, Lincoln would not be in favor of there being a Knight Crusader, or also know as Batman. This fictional comic book hero is in direct accordance with Lincoln’s warnings against mob rule and revenge. “The…

Abraham Lincoln becomes the sixteenth President of the United States and is the nation's first Republican President. When the civil war started he was censured for taking permitted measures during the war. After the war people seen that Lincoln's use of power did not constitute abuse and was known as one of the great presidents in the United States. When Lincoln was elected president, seven southern states had secede from the union. When he give his speech on the conciliatory inaugural address,…

Confederacy. This issue surrounding the seceded states stemmed from the issue of slavery, however, and after this four-year conflict, several new amendments were ratified within the Constitution to protect the rights of African Americans. Additions include the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments, creating what some refer to as America’s Second Founding. I believe these changes to be both profound, and a reference to America’s Second Founding; when America was first “founded,” it was…

The War Between States known as the “American Civil War” was a war that lasted to 1861-1865, when the first battle of the war started in virginia, Lincoln stated the war was about “preserving the union” but many had their opinions especially because we were fighting our own .Unfortunately for the southerners they did not win fore it was the beginning some people wouldn't live to see and the end for most.Today people still argue what caused the civil war 157 years ago.People often consider…

At its core, the Civil War was not about slavery. It was truly about a disagreement over how much power the Federal government should have over the states and their citizens. Slavery was a very important issue that displayed this dispute. The other root cause of the Civil War is in human psychology. We have a tendency, when tasked with a stressful decision where both choices have consequences, to avoid making a choice as any and all backlash from the lack of a decision is not seen as our fault.…

major part of American history which determined what kind of nation it would become. While the revolution created the United States the Civil War was going to decide whether the nation was going to be a confederation or an individual nation. This would also resolve two major factor that were in constant conflict with each other, which was the fact that either the United States would become a nation of equal right to all races and having freedom for all or continue to be one of the largest…

There were several events that led up to the clash of opposing sides. The Civil War was without a doubt inevitable, with its conflict of cultures. Slavery was the center of the souths economy and culture, they relied of slaves to keep their world spinning. While the North had ninety percent industrial capacity, dozens of weaponry factories and, not to forget twenty two thousand miles of track that connected farms and factories to forts and bases; this is one of the reasons the North did not need…