Ulysses 31

The literary counterpart I researched in connection to Poe is Ambrose Bierce. According to the Encyclopedia Britannica, Bierce was born on June 24, 1842 in Ohio. In 1861, he joined the Union Army and served as a solider in various battles throughout the Civil War. Bierce served for about four years, after which he moved to San Francisco where he wrote for magazines and eventually became an editor. Bierce moved multiple times—to England, back to San Francisco, to Washington D.C., and eventually…

Before the election of 1860, Stephen Douglas and Abraham Lincoln had already ran against each other in the senatorial campaign for Illinois in 1859. (The Editors of Encyclopedia Britannica. “Lincoln-Douglas Debates.” Paragraph 1). During the senatorial campaign Lincoln and Douglas had seven debates throughout the state of Illinois, these were known as the Great Debates. Slavery was the main issue the candidates debated over, as it was also a popular topic during this time. (History.com staff,…

Andrew Carnegie was born on November 25, 1835, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. Even though Carnegie grew up with little formal education, he was raised in a family that believed in the gravity of books and learning (“Andrew Carnegie Biography” 1). When Carnegie was 13 years old, his family moved to Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. His first job was working as a bobbin boy in a textile mill for only $1.20 per week. One year later, he worked in a telegraph office as a messenger for a slightly…

was involved in? Johnston is very important I would pay attention when his name comes up. Also Robert E. lee is also very important and he will come up later in the battle. May 31/Day 1 Did you know that there are 3 factors that conspired to complete the attack? The first factor was that James Longstreet decides to without informing Johnston’s he decided to drastically alter the plan. He never explained why he did so.…

It quickly went from a nice, fun, vacation to a painful, terrible, nightmare. Just about every year before school starts while my mom has meetings for teachers, my dad takes my sister and I on a small, five day trip to different places. This year, we decided to go to St Louis. Little did I know that this trip would soon turn south very, very, fast. It was the middle of August, 2013. I believe it was around the 13th. My dad, sister, and I were on our way to St Louis to do various activities…

Reconstruction Era The Reconstruction Era took place in 1865 to 1877, following the Civil War which lasted from April 1861 to 1865. The Civil War was fought between the North, then known as the Union, and the South, known as the Confederacy. The Reconstruction Era included three main phases: Wartime, Presidential, and Congressional or Radical Reconstruction- starting in 1861 and ending in 1877. The civil rights and liberties of the emancipated slaves were the main issue among the North and the…

men and was under the command of Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton, who was a native of Pennsylvania and had chosen to fight for the Confederacy. The Union Army consisted of roughly 77,000 men and, as previously stated, was under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant. This battle would last just shy of 2 months, officially starting on May 18, 1863 and ending July 4, 1863 with many wounded and killed and in the fighting (Wikipedia,…

The Battle of Shiloh was fought on April sixth to April seventh in 1862, in southwestern Tennessee. The Union Generals were Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell, the Confederate General was Albert Sidney Johnston. The Battle of Shiloh was considered the bloodiest battle of the Civil War with around 23,700 deaths in all. This was one of the first successful outcomes for the Union and sparked a light of hope for the fighting soldiers. The battle begins with Confederate General Johnston…

Confederate general Thomas Jackson(Stonewall Jackson) Is shot by friendly fire In Chancellorville Virginia. General Thomas Stonewall Jackson got caught in crossfire.He was very heavily wounded by the devastating blow to him from friendly fire.He sadly dies 8 days later from complications by the wound and pneumonia with his only surviving daughter out of 3 and his wife. He was buried several days later in Lexington, Virginia. He was shot twice in the left arm, and once in the right hand. His left…

John Wilkes Booth was a noted actor and Confederate sympathizer. He had planned initially to kidnap President Lincoln, hoping to exchange him for Confederate prisoners. Plans were made among a small group of conspirators to carry out the kidnapping in March 1865, on a day when Lincoln was scheduled to attend a function at a Washington hospital. At the last moment, the president’s plans were changed and Booth’s plot was neutralized. On April 11, two days after Lee`s surrender, Lincoln spoke to a…