Sherman's March to the Sea

but later went on to be a huge part of the success for the Union army was William T. Sherman. He originally set up the camp for the Union army in Pittsburg Landing. After the battle, he became a strong leader. Sherman is most known for his march to the sea where he destroyed everything in his path. He demoralized the south, which in turn, had a big effect on the surrender of the Confederates. The Battle of Shiloh was a turning point in the Civil War. It opened the eyes of both sides that…

Reasons for North’s Victory in the Civil War Economic Capabilities, Lee’s and Grant’s Military Strategies, and the North and South Armies Many studies have been conducted by scholars to determine why the North won the Civil War. Many scholars believe that it has to do with the North’s efficient military strategies; however, there are more factors that contribute to the North’s victory. Hattaway and Jones (2001), scholars from the University of…

Early on in the Civil War, George McClellan was extremely successful. Originally, he started out as the leader of a volunteer Ohio army and did a phenomenal job of training the volunteer soldiers, which resulted in his promotion to major general of the main Union army. As a major general, he won a string of small battles in the western part of Virginia. However, as the Civil War progressed, McClellan was unable to make the right decisions in crucial moments. He was simply too cautious and…

What would our country be like today if there had never been the American Civil War and slaves had not been freed? Maybe we would still have slavery, or maybe it would have gone away on its own as some predicted. However, we can never know what might have happened, only what did. While many would credit Lincoln with freeing the slaves, there is another person who deserves credit as well, and that person is Harriet Beecher Stowe. Stowe, through her writing of Uncle Tom’s Cabin, raised awareness…

summer of 1863 while rebuilding their force. The Confederates moved south to Tullahoma, TN and continued to be defeated and eventually pushed out of Tennessee. This allowed for the follow on push into the Deep South, to include General Sherman 's March through Georgia. The Battle of Stones River was the major turning point in the Western Theater that ultimately resulted in the Union victory of the west. The Union Army of the Cumberland suffered 12,906 causalities while the Confederate Army of…

Janie’s Journey A classic novel, said to have been written in only seven weeks, pulling heartstrings in its realistic portrayal of the struggles of a black woman searching for love in the early 1900s would of course pull criticism from black male authors of the day. In this way the author, Zora Neale Hurston, experiences many of the trials that Janie Crawford, the main character in Hurston’s celebrated novel Their Eyes Were Watching God, has along the course of her hero’s journey. Throughout…

However, with no dominant threat the nuclear powers such as the United States, Russia, the United Kingdom, France, and China are defensive of their continued use of nuclear weapons as a means to bully in international politics. Since the powers refuse to disarm, it has been the work of smaller nations, as well as citizen groups, who have the most progress towards a nuclear free tomorrow. Many smaller nations are making strides towards disarmament with the extreme example being South Africa who…