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Longstreet had no middle name. He was a student at West Point from 1838 to 1842 he was in the same class as Ulysses S. Grant and George Pickett. James finished his class in fifty-fourth out of fifty-six. After he finished West Point James became a brevet second lieutenant in the 4th U.S. Infantry. He was stationed in Jefferson Barracks, Missouri for two years, where he…

maintain the war by near constant threats to the capitol and by typing up troops, Sherman sought to undermine the civilian population of the south in order to shirk Confederate forces in the Eastern Theater that confronted Lieutenant General Ulysses S. Grant in front of Richmond and Petersburg. The method by which he sought to shrink those forces was two-fold. First by threatening the women and children as well as livelihood of those on the home front, Confederate soldiers could be induced to…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president of the United States (March 4th , 1861-April 14th , 1865). He was president during the Civil War. Lincoln was watching the play Our American Cousin in Ford’s Theater when he got assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. John Wilkes Booth was an Actor. He was also part of the Know Nothing Party who wanted to limit immigration to the United States. During the Civil war he joined the Virginia militia, and was a Confederate spy. According to biography.com Booth was…

The outcome of battle is influenced by many things, politics, religion, natural resources, infrastructure etc. However, understanding terrain, current technology, and doctrine are essential in the outcome of any battle. Take for instance the battle at Fort Pulaski, during the Civil War. Following the War of 1812, defense of ports along the east coast became critical to fend off British and Spanish attacks. Fort Pulaski was on key terrain for defense of Savannah Georgia’s inlet which trade ships…

The book Chasing Lincoln’s Killer by James L. Swanson is a nonfiction book that explores the adventurous manhunt for Abraham Lincoln’s assassin. The book goes further into the story behind Lincoln’s death than most people know because all this comes from original sources. In my opinion, the book was a very interesting and fun to follow read, and I gained a greater insight of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Overall, I had no complaints about the book, and I would definitely read more from the…

As great as Abraham Lincoln was, he never went to college and did not earn a degree. He was born in Hodgenville, Kentucky, in 1809. Lincoln suffered from depression many times as a child, but he went on to become the 16th president after winning the 1860 election. During that election, President Lincoln did not win a single southern state. He also did not win the popular vote during the election. President Lincoln’s legacy has a positive impact on American society. Everything did not come easy…

her by. O’Reilly pans back to the white house and Mary Lincoln’s decision to see the one-night-only performance Our American Cousin in Ford’s. Lincoln agrees, not knowing it is the last play he will ever witness. Against the wishes of the Lincolns, Grant declines their offer to see the play, unknowingly sparing his own life. Booth’s cue to commence the first show was at 10:15 p.m. This was a key moment in the play when the crowd roars with laughter from a joke, giving Booth time to escape.…

Garrett Augustus Morgan was an inventor. With only an elementary school education; he made a trail for future African-American inventors. He started having an eye for inventing at a young ages; that when Mr. Morgan knew he found his dream job. Mr. Morgan improved the sewing machine and, a hair straighten product. Garret Morgan was born on March 4, 1877 in Paris Kentucky. He was the seventh child out of a total of eleven children. Mr. Morgan was not totally in African American; he was actually…

Zachary Taylor Did you know that Zachary Taylor wanted to end slavery? Zachary Taylor was a war hero. He was a Major General in the army. He was a career officer. Zachary Taylor was in the army for 40 years, the twelfth president of the United States, and tried to end slavery. Zachary Taylor was an important person in the army. Zachary was in the army for 4 decades. He was a Major General. Zachary Taylor was a war hero. He helped win half of a million square miles. Zachary Taylor won lots of…

Commander in Chief during the American Civil War. This book spans from the day Lincoln begins studying military strategy books, to his last speech. It also talks about many of Lincoln’s appointed Military generals such as McClellan, Buell, Thomas, Grant, Halleck, and Burnside. The author, James McPherson, hails from Nevada. He is a noted historical writer, with a concentration on the American Civil War. In the course of his preface, he mentions a lack of literature specifically on Lincoln’s…