Ulysses S. Grant

William McKinley William McKinley completed many things throughout his life. He served in the military, was governor and president of the United States of America. He had many jobs and roles in his life along with many interesting stories and occurrences. From his childhood in Ohio to being the most powerful man in the free world. President McKinley was born on January 29th, 1843.he was born in Niles, Ohio and later moved to New Lisbon. President McKinley’s early life wasn’t something of…

“Helen Keller is fellow to Caesar, Alexander, Napoleon, Homer, Shakespeare and of the rest of the immortals . . . She will be as famous a thousand years from now as she is today” (Dorothy Herman 1998). What I think this quote is saying is that along with the other remarkable people she will be remembered for thousands of years. Helen was very important in American History for the changes she made in the world. Joseph P. Lash wrote “While the Keller’s raised almost everything they needed on…

General Patton was born on November 11, 1885, in San Gabriel, California. In the heritage of General Patton, there was military and civil war services. Patton decided during childhood that his goal in life was to become a hero. General Patton’s nickname was “Old Bloods and Guts,” among his troops. Patton had a lifelong struggle with reading and writing causing fear that he would not do well on the exam for the U.S. Military Academy. General Patton had an education at U.S. Military Academy at…

Historian Richard White represents the scholarly consensus in stating that "various military commanders encouraged the slaughter of bison" by white hide hunters in order to cut the heart from the Plains Indians' economy. General Sherman, more than any other officer, was responsible for devising a strategy to conquer the Plains Indians. Remembered most for his Civil War "march through Georgia, "Sherman was a battle-seasoned veteran who in 1866 assumed command of the Division of the Missouri…

General William Tecumseh Sherman was born on February 8, 1820 in Ohio. He was one of eleven children. His parents were Charles Robert Sherman and Mary Hoyt Sherman. Charles Sherman was a distinguished lawyer, and until his unexpected death in 1829, he had been serving on the Ohio Supreme Court. William Sherman moved in with Thomas Ewing, a senator. When he was 16, Sherman attended the famous military school West Point. Although he was an excellent student, he did not concur with the school’s…

In 1749, at the age of 17, Washington began his career as a professional surveyor. He subsequently received a commission and surveyor's license from the College of William and Mary and became the official surveyor for the newly formed Gulper County. Thanks to his older brother Lawrence's connection to the prominent Fair fax family, Washington had been appointed to this well-paid official position. In less than two days he completed his first survey, plotting a 400 acre parcel of land and was…

assassination put the country in chaos, in being the first president to be assassinated America had no idea what to do or how to start a successful recovery. The assassination of President Lincoln had a very egregious effect on America during the 1800’s, and it is still a sore subject in America today. After the first Presidential assassination it left America in turmoil. Although public officials took action immediately the country was shaken by the fact that they had never had this happened…

The Reconstruction was the period of time, after the Civil War, that attempted to reunite the Confederacy back into the Union under its new laws. During this time, tensions between black slaves and white Southerners were severely heightened due to the change in order and social standards. In the essay “An Insurrection That Never Happened: The ‘Christmas Riots’ of 1865,” the author, Stephen Nissenbaum, highlights a different perspective about the Reconstruction Era. He argues that the events that…

As I stated in my review for Battle Cry of Freedom, I believe that James McPherson’s loyalties in his writing are staunchly Northern in regards to the Civil War. The word revolution is defined as “a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.” So, if we go by the actual definition from the Northern point of view then yes it was a revolution but from the southern man’s point of view then no it was not a revolution. The word revolution was used in context to…

The assassination of President Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth was one of the most impactful moments in American history. Booth was the last person people would have suspected because he was a famous, handsome, and well-loved actor. However, on April 15, 1865, America was forever changed. Lincoln’s plans for Reconstruction and peace following the Civil War were destroyed, leaving the racist and oppressive President Andrew Johnson to take over. Booth’s actions had cultural, historical,…