Grant Park

The Battle of Bull Run occurred from August 28th, 1862 to August 30th, 1862 in Prince William County, Virginia near Manassas, Virginia (which is how it got its name). The Commanding officer of the Union was John Pope while General Robert E. Lee led the Confederates. It all started when General “Stonewall” Jackson attacked a Union force at Brawner’s Farm which ended up getting Pope’s attention, but ended in a draw . Meanwhile, General James Longstreet successfully beat a Union force at the…

In the discussion of the Latter-Day Saints; Mormonism, the principal branch of the Latter Day Saint Movement. Founded by Joseph Smith in upstate New York in the 1820s. By 1830, the Book Of Mormon was published. Years down the road on June 27th, 1844 marked an important day for the Mormonism religion. The day Smith was attacked and killed by a mob, he was currently the mayor of a small town called Nauvoo in Illinois and was preparing to run for the President of the United States. Sources report…

The years after the Civil War are known as the Reconstruction era 1865-1877. The South had three main issues to deal with. How to deal with the states as they rejoined the Union? How Southern whites should be treated? How to deal with the freed slaves? Once the Civil War ended in spring of 1865, the South’s biggest challenge was how to go about reconstructing it. Abraham Lincoln’s plan was to be lenient towards the South and make it easy for southern states to rejoin the Union. Lincoln's plan…

George E. Pickett Kallee Hinton George Pickett was born on January 25, 1825 in Richmond, Virginia. When George was born he was the oldest child of Robert and Mary Pickett. At the age of 17 George received an invitation to the United States Military Academy and graduated last in his class. After graduation Pickett was immediately asked to go into the Mexican-American War. After the war Pickett continued to serve in the US Military, and he was assigned to the Washington Territory. During the…

What was the idea of the New South and how successful was it? Cheyenne (Varner) Richardson The New South was a reconstruction to get the South back on its feet, economically speaking. Much of the area had been damaged in the war, down to whole cities being wiped out. There was also the problem of freeing African-Americans from slavery. After the Civil War ended, the United States had to reintegrate both a formerly slave population and a formerly rebellious population back…

Reconstruction is an era in United States history that can be defined by the period of time immediately following the Civil war when the Government decided that the defiant southern states could be apart the Union again. In the south, this period can be characterized by freedom for the slaves, but it unfortunately came at a cost. These slaves were subjected to terrible prejudice, unfair laws, and struggled for the right to vote. Abraham Lincoln, the president during the civil war was…

So many proud men have held the office of the United Sates of America but who is considered the best president of all time?Abraham Lincoln the 16th president of the United States and by most is considered the best president ever in office.Abe had many acomplisments while in office he defeated the south in the american civil war, by doing that he ended slavery, and he started and made the plans for reconstruction.There has been may presidents with great acomplishments but Abes Stands out as the…

Miles Goodyear was born in 1817 on February 24th. He was a mountain man during the last few years of the fur trade. Both of his parents died when he was young. So he was bound out to a farmer in Connecticut until 1834. Then he joined the whiteman spaulding missionary party. He traveled with them to fort hall along the snake river. Then he left to find his fortune in he mountains. He then married a daughter of the Ute chief pe-teet-neet named Pomona. Then is 1845 he decided to make a home along…

Who was John Wilkes Booth and what was he most famous for? John W. Booth was born near Bel Air in Maryland, United States on May 10, 1838 and died April 26, 1865 at a young age of 26. He was born into a family of ten children with being the ninth child. Junius Brutus Booth, John’s father; along with his brother Edwin Booth, were both actors. John strived to be the greatest actor he could possibly be showing precise theoretical potential, but having envy to his brother Edwin for acclaiming actor…

Georgia. Andrews also knew that the train out of Big Shanty serviced a major Confederate distribution site. He believed that if he cut that tie, he could win the war for the Union. “Cut the rail lines in Chattanooga, and it could end the war.” Rich Grant in Following the Great Locomotive…