Vicksburg

In African Americans confront lynching; Waldrep argues the interpretation of lynching and actual lynching. The word lynching originated in the American Revolution when Virginia "patriots" hung or beat captured American colonist who supported the British side during the American Revolution, instead of escorting them to prisons like the law required at the time. Americans think lynching is large mobs hanging victims, in fact lynching haven't always been fatal. Some lynchings have occurred secretly…

wealthy paying their way out and the poor staying on the army. Irish workers in Manhattan, New York cause the biggest riot in US history because the wealthy were allowed to pay their way out the military. Grant led the Union to a win in the Battle of Vicksburg and Shiloh, he was soon promoted as the new…

African Americans and The Civil War The Civil War was a hard time for African American Soldiers and their families. Although it is usually thought of as “the war on slavery,” that does not mean that the union treated the newly freed slaves equally. One hundred and eighty thousand African Americans in some 163 units served the Union Army. They served and gave their lives for our country just as the white soldiers had. However, they were not nearly treated the same. African Americans faced great…

From 1852 to 1855, Lee served as superintendent of West Point, and was therefore responsible for educating many of the men who would later serve under him - and those who would oppose him - on the battlefields of the Civil War. In 1855 he left the academy to take a position in the cavalry and in 1859 was called upon to put down abolitionist John Brown’s raid at Harpers Ferry. Because of his reputation as one of the finest officers in the United States Army, Abraham Lincoln offered Lee the…

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th president and one of the most influential presidents in American history. Though today we see Lincoln as the “Great Emancipator”, and seen as being a successful president, he wasn’t always seen that way. His stance on slavery were very unpopular during his time, most wouldn’t think he would have any success. He was born February 12, 1809, and died in April 15, 1865. He was a hard working self-educated prairie lawyer, who didn’t go to school for longer than about 8…

American Civil War, also called, war between the states, war for four years (1861-1865) between the United States and 11 Southern states that secession from the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. The Civil War was a war to preserve the Union, which was the United States. Since the beginning of the Constitution, there were two different views on the role of the federal government. Federalists believed that the federal government and the executive needed to maintain their power…

In the navle roll of thunder hear my cry there is a family that owns their land and it was Mr.grangers land but they bought it from him and now he is trying to get the land back. and the logans run into a lot of problems by they have courage and perseverance by not letting him and the simmons do very much to them and there familys. Like Mr.jamison said to Mr.simmons did something to cassie “do you feel big after that.” what does courage mean it means the quality of mind or spirit that enables…

broken I just remember the pain. In the front office, the school called my mom and told her what happened. My mom took off work to come get me, from there she took me to the ER. The ER doctor in Tallulah, told us there was an Orthopedic doctor in Vicksburg that he thought could help us. We then went to the Orthopedic doctor name Dr. Dare, he saw us immediately and looked at my arm. At first, he wasn’t sure if he was going to be able to do anything that day. My mom insisted that something was…

Many argue that the Confederacy possessed far superior military leaders than the Union during the Civil War, and therefor accredit Union victory to the Union’s resource superiority. Though it cannot be disputed that the Union had more men and resources, the idea of superior leadership in the Confederacy is not necessarily the case. Robert E. Lee typically embodies the image of a notable and successful Confederate general, however most Confederate generals—especially those stationed in the…

firefighters¨ (267), had turned into anyone that could help them with the fire. There are some people who may not do anything about it but because they can't do anything about it, such as Mr. Jamison when the Logans were gonna back the shopping in Vicksburg with their land Mr. Jamison, ¨backs the credit¨ (161) so that they don't lose their land. This is the message that Mildred D. Taylor wants to tell you with this…