Salvadoran Civil War

The books “Women at the Front” by Jane Schultz and “A Nation Divided: Studies in the Civil War Era: Worth a Dozen Men: Women and Nursing in the Civil War South” by Libra Hilde, each discuss the many experiences that women went through during their time in the Civil War. Women in the Civil War faced many different challenges, each of these books touch on similar challenges as well as different views on these challenges. Women had to endure more than just the actual caring of wounded soldiers,…

events, and offer a variety of viewpoints. The Civil War museum at Historic Tredegar showcased the two sides that divided and united the United States—the Union and Confederacy, but another side historically neglected, the slaves, and to a lesser extent, women and children. This is shown in the polished and methodical approach the curator uses for the viewers. Two timelines, each displayed on both sides of the path reinforced understanding of the War, with the one on the left opening up to…

I was never one for history, but this book made it digestible to say the least. The Rebels by John Jakes was truly rich not only in its denotation but its connotation as well. In reading this novel, I could not help but to be overcome with emotion as I empathized for the main character, Philip Kent, as he pursued his physical and emotional journey beyond the depths of hardship to preserver as a true patriot. The story starts on June 17, 1775, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, in which Philip Kent…

What was the cause of civil war? The Civil War is a very important and significant part of the history of the the United States. It started in 1861 and ended 1865. There are many causes for the civil war, and started after many years of economical and political problems and differences between the North and the South. Slavery also played a significant in why the war started and played a key roles in political and economical problems. The South depended on growing crops, and cotton was one of…

The Sierra Leone Civil War began in March 1991 and ended in January 2002 after the signing of the Lomé Peace Accord three years earlier and the consolidation of power under President Kabbah. Under Foday Sankoh, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) invaded Sierra Leone in March 1991 from the South in conjunction with Charles Taylor’s NPFL forces, in an attempt to overthrow President Joseph Momoh’s government. Since the government was unable to respond effectively to the RUF, and since diamond…

The various Civil War stories of Ambrose Bierce look at autonomy from two perspectives supported or suppressed. In two of Bierce’s stories “Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge” and “Horseman in the Sky”, both suppressed autonomy. Autonomy affected the characters in some sort of death or loss of a loved one. In one of Bierce’s stories “Occurrence at Owl Creek bridge” it starts off with a man stood upon a railroad bridge ,looking down twenty feet below above water. His wrists were tied together by…

byproduct of the Cold War, much about the Salvadoran Civil War is unknown territory to the modern generation. Perpetrated by the Salvadoran Government, the massacre that occurred in El Mozote on December 11th, 1981 left more than five hundred civilians brutally killed. Mark Danner’s The Massacre at El Mozote, provides testimonies and reports of major news outlets which shows the hidden reality about how the United States supported the authoritative Salvadoran government during the Civil War in…

Initially, no one really was in favor of the idea but as the war wore on and more soldiers died, people became more interested in the idea. Abraham Lincoln eventually supported it, understanding that they were willing to fight and taking advantage of that fact. Despite how unpopular the idea was in general, he went ahead and allowed the creation of all-black regiments because he knew that whites were, at this point, uninterested in fighting to free the slaves while the African Americans were…

Henry Knox, Secretary of War, believed that by developing an Indian policy accepted by the Indians, would achieved the goal of the States. He figured that by “civilizing” the Natives he could bring them a sense of “Enlightenment.” Knox wanted the Natives to stop hunting and be “normal” farmers. Also, he wanted them to read and write in the English language, wear European style clothes, and most of all become Christians. He felt that by doing all of this he could make them better people and they…

What was it like to participate in the Civil War? May 13, 1861, Frederic Pearce, a resident of Marietta, Ohio jotted a letter to his father informing him of the situation in their town. He told his father how people were preparing for the war. He also told him that it was his prayer and that of other Christians that the war end fast and the rebellion crushed (BSL 507). Pearce did not have an idea of what was about to happen in his town. By the end of the war, more than 620,000 people lost…