Second Battle of Bull Run

1865. He served from March 1861 to his assassination in April 1865. He led the country through the Civil War. He was one of many unforgettable presidents who changed the direction of the country. Born on February 12, 1809, Abraham Lincoln was the second child of Thomas and Nancy Hanks Lincoln living in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in Hardin County, Kentucky. His blood dates back to an Englishman by the name of Samuel Lincoln who had migrated from Norfolk, England to…

Boom! Bam! Goes the sound of a cannon killing many people in battle during the Civil War. Among those that were killed or injured were many women. Hundreds of women would join the war, as the thrill of battle was enticing. Many women joined because of loved ones serving. Loreta Janeta Velazquez is an example of this. Velazquez’s early life began when she lived in Cuba. Her early life includes living on a plantation to an aristocratic family. Velazquez’s father alone would own other plantations…

Then, just when Whitman thought his luck had turned and Leaves of Grass started selling well, his publisher went bankrupt and someone stole the printing plates of the third edition. That printer is believed to have pirated 100,000 copies of the book (“Walt Whitman”, 1998). Indeed, Whitman’s poetry did not gain much fame until after his death, but towards the end of his life he gained recognition in Europe (“Walt Whitman”, 2002). Nevertheless, “in the years following Whitman’s death, Leaves of…

Clara Barton once stated “I may be compelled to face danger, but never fear it, and while our soldiers can stand and fight, I can stand and feed and nurse them” (A Most Horrid Picture). Barton was one of the most influential Americans in the Civil War era. She was the founder of the American Red Cross which has helped millions of people get their lives back after tragedy. Barton had learned her vital nursing skills in her early years when her brother became injured from a farming accident and…

win the war, called the Peninsula Campaign, was to land on the coast of Virginia and head up the peninsula between the James and York rivers. However at the Seven Days’ Battle, the Confederates were able to stop him before he reached Richmond. John Pope was head of the Army of Virginia who was defeated at the Second Battle of Bull Run. Lincoln soon replaced General McClellan because of the many defeats the Union had experienced, and replaced him with Henry Halleck. However Halleck did not have…

troops and inexperienced generals was a disadvantage early in the war (Ushistory.org). The general for the north was not that aggressive in the beginning of the war (Schulman). This is why the North lost a lot of battles early in the war, like at the First and Second Battle at Bull Run (Ushistory.org). The North had to travel a lot of miles to defend the South’s attacks (Ushistory.org). The northern people though that the war was going to over quick, and that was not what happen. The North had…

Beowulf and Muggsy Bogues have little in common. They have completely different backgrounds, look completely different, and are separated by a time period of over one thousand years. If Beowulf and Muggsy were put in a ring together, Muggsy would obviously come up short. If Beowulf and Muggsy were put on a basketball court together, Muggsy would leave with an easy victory, and Beowulf would have much to explain to Unferth back in Denmark. At first glance, the journeys of these two men are…

Abraham Lincoln decided to run for president in 1860. With the help of many political figures, Lincoln beat out the other Republican candidates, William H. Seward, Salmon P. Chase, and Edward Bates, to become the Republican nominee for the presidential election on May 18, 1860. Lincoln then had to face three other opponents in the general election, who were John C. Breckinridge, John Bell, and Lincoln’s rival, Stephen Douglas. At the end of the election, Lincoln received only forty percent of…

Unity was not emboldening the Union Army leadership. In Washington, many important figures were continuing to plot McClellan’s downfall. The Secretary of War was brazenly seeking statements from anyone that help build his case that the general was at fault for the defeat by not completing his assault on Richmond. As well, the secretary was criticizing his withdrawal as “being made dilatory fashion.” The withdrawal had nothing to do with the general; in fact he protested his orders from…

effort in favor of the soldiers, one is written in “Women in the Civil War,” “The greatest contribution of The Sanitary was to reduce the fatalities resulting from the war. Before its inception, four soldiers died of disease for every one who fell in battle. The Sanitary reduced this ratio by half. By one estimate it saved more than one hundred eighty thousand lives” (Women Women). The Sanitary is an example of how many women had contribution to the war effort without playing a direct…