Ulysses S. Grant

The Man from Skibbereen is written by Louis L’Amar. It is about a young man named Crispin Mayo. Crispin is an Irish man who wanted a new start here in America. He wants to come and work for the railroad, but is too nice and gets caught up in someone's personal affairs. While on his way to help the railroad, he helps a young woman whose father had been captured. He makes many friends and enemies in his new homeland, America. Crispin is a hardworking man and one of the few gentlemen in west.…

General Custer General Custer was known as a Civil War legend. General Custer was born in New Rumley, Ohio on December 5,1839. His parents were Emanuel and Marie Custer. Most of his childhood time was spent in Monroe, Michigan where he attended McNeely Norman School. After graduating from high school ,he taught two years of school. After teaching for two years he enrolled to the military academy West Point. After graduating from West Point in 1861 he joined the cavalry unit even though he was…

Each time a new president takes the oath of office, many things change. The new president appoints cabinet members and prepares for policy shifts. The new president also moves into the White House, along with the first family. Often, that first family is not complete without the family pet. Over the years, almost every president has had a pet on Pennsylvania Avenue. Because the White House was not complete until 1800, the tradition begins with John Adams. He brought along two carriage horses…

William Pitt Ballinger was a Texas lawyer and political activist. He was born on September 25, 1825 in Barboursville. Analysts say that his family background greatly affected his future life. This is because his grandfather was a settler in Kentucky and had served as Knox County Clerk as well as serving in the Kentucky legislature. He attended school at St. Mary’s College in Kentucky at Lebanon. This followed by training in his father’s office. It was not until 1843 that he went to study law at…

No one expected the scrawny farm boy from Kentucky to grow up to become a self-taught lawyer. In addition to that, a majority consider him the best president of all time. Abraham Lincoln, standing at 6 ft 4 inches, was not only the tallest president, but was also the most productive. He aspired to end slavery once and for all, and to save the Union in the Civil War. In the Leaving a Legacy unit, many movements or people’s legacies have been researched to share with their classmates. Abraham…

The American Civil War conserved the Union and unchained the slaves. However, during Reconstruction, an inconsistent quantity of political focus on the effort failed to solve the sectional wounds, and the removal of the freed slaves' newly acquired civil liberties failed to bring about enduring racial integration. After the war, the Union needed to effectively reunite with the South on equal footing, revitalize their economy, and rebuild their ruined landscape. Nevertheless, divisions in the…

rebuild itself after the war and the Northern Federal troops withdrew. Reconstruction was a period of time where Americans were trying to gain citizenship, and the destruction of the war was being rebuilt. The 18th President of the United State was Ulysses S.Grant who is a general of the Union army and who led victory over the Confederate. The Union soldiers were part of the Northern…

Across Five Aprils is a Civil War novel, but the focus is not so much on the war. It is on the family relationships of the Creighton family. The war is seen through this family. The first family relationship that changes is Jethro's with the rest of his family. Jethro Creighton in the beginning of the book is a nine years old. He lives on a farm in. Illinois with his mom, dad, sister, and four older brothers. All of his brothers are all close to their 20s. On April, 1861 war is about…

The Killer Angels. This is a book about the Civil War, with all of its death, blood, and destruction. It’s written by Michael Shaara. This book is all about the strategy and planning involved in the war, from the point of view from both the Confederates and the Union. Michael Shaara uses conversation and thoughts from the officers to tell about real plans and panic that happened in the Civil War. An example of when Sharra does this is when he wrote this in: “Chamberlain looked down, saw blood…

As the Civil War entered its final stages John Wilkes Booth and several associates hatched a plot to kidnap the president and take him to Richmond, the confederate capital. On March 20,1865 the day of the planned kidnapping, Lincoln failed to show. Booth then plotted the assassination of Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, and William Seward. Booth believed that killing the president and two of his possible successors would throw the Us government into disarray. On April 14, 1865 Lincoln was to attend…