Ulysses 31

Well the first plan for Reconstruction that I’m going to talk about is Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction. What he wanted was to end slavery and have 10% of the whites from every country that can vote to vote for him. But unfortunately he just had to go to a play where he was then assassinated by a dude known as John wilkes Booth. And thanks to him well Lincoln died and Johnson took his place since he was second place with the most votes. The next plan for Reconstruction ( and honestly…

Wisconsin brought forth 91,379 soldiers for the Union Army, and these men were organized into 53 Infantry Regiments, 4 Calvary Regiments, a company of Berdan’s shooters, 13 light artillery batteries and 1 unit of heavy artillery. The First Wisconsin Infantry Regiment, 3 months, was assembled in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and was rallied into State Service on April 27, 1861 then left for Harrisburg, Pennsylvania on June 9, 1861 (Wisconsin in the Civil War 2012), John C. Starkweather was the Colonel.…

Ulysses S. Grant has both of these attributes, which allowed him to be president. His lion and fox can be seen throughout the Civil War, such as his successful attack on Fort Donelson, which he was able to forcefully pressure and successfully capture("Ulysses..."). His lion heart that urged him to press forward and not act cowardly and his fox-filled strategy of maneuvering ahead…

Abraham Lincoln’s ghost is amongst one of the most famous apparitions experienced in The White House. After Lincoln’s assassination in 1865, many American’s mourn in the president’s death. Around this time Lincoln’s ghost began to appear to the public. “Chief of a Nation of Ghosts: Images of Abraham Lincoln's Spirit in the Immediate Post-Civil War Period” by Kimberly Kutz provides the idea that a president’s ghost is long lasting, which may be a reason as to why the president’s spirit is still…

History remembers three Reconstruction scandals, all of which had a massive impact on the government and the daily lives of the people, the Crédit Mobilier Scandal, the Tweed Ring in New York, and Black Friday. The Reconstruction was a period from 1865-1877, after the Civil War, in which the federal government prepared for the Southern states to come back to the Union. The Reconstruction was a time where the nation, as a whole, needed new ways of labor to rebuild its economy after the Civil War.…

In his book, How the West Was Lost, Stephen Aron gives explanation on the renovation of Kentucky during the lives of Daniel Boone and Henry Clay. While their lives coincided by about 40 years, they lived in very diverse worlds. Daniel Boone was a conventional backwoodsman existing in a rough shelter near Indian country, who lived off the land. Henry Clay, alternatively, moved to Kentucky to seek his commercial and manufacturing interests, and devise a plantation outside of Lexington. Aron…

When Elizabeth Van Lew, a famous Northern spy during the Civil War, died on September 23, 1900, she left behind a powerful summary of what it is like to be a spy on her graveyard. It reads, “She risked everything that is dear to man- friends, fortune, comfort, health, life itself, as for the one absorbing desire of her heart, that slavery be abolished and the Union be preserved.” (Zeinert 147) This quote draws attention to the extent to what one does as a spy. It highlights the costs and…

Unjust Farewell July 7, 1865, Mary E. Surratt ascended the stairs to the gallows, only months before had she been implicated in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln. But now, she was going to bid farewell to the cruel world, and greet her fate. She may have only known about the kidnapping plot, but hanging her was unjust. Mary Surratt had troubles that originated before the assassination. In 1862, her husband, John Surratt passed. Later…

During the tumultuous time that was the Civil War Era, a single figure stands above many in the eyes of history: President Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln pioneered the end of the Civil War and is known for his impressive diplomatic speeches. In one of these such speeches at his second inauguration, Lincoln uses several rhetorical strategies such as religious references and honesty to tap into pathos and ethos, and uses a positive tone and inclusionary language to encourage the nation to fight to end…

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. ---Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was elected President on November 6 1860, as 16th president of the United States, until he was assassinated on April 14,…