The Mob from Massac
... of “the law,” Judge Priest makes starkly clear that he will not back away, even if it means acting in ways that go against his own self-interest (268). By insisting that “the law” must be followed, Judge Priest defends a black man accused of the worst possible crime within the racial and gender worl ...
... of “the law,” Judge Priest makes starkly clear that he will not back away, even if it means acting in ways that go against his own self-interest (268). By insisting that “the law” must be followed, Judge Priest defends a black man accused of the worst possible crime within the racial and gender worl ...
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Essay
... on the Supreme Court. But he never forgot the Civil War. Holmes was just twenty years old, and a student at Harvard when the war broke out. He was keen to join up, even though he had not yet taken his final exams. And when Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 troops, to be raised through the state mili ...
... on the Supreme Court. But he never forgot the Civil War. Holmes was just twenty years old, and a student at Harvard when the war broke out. He was keen to join up, even though he had not yet taken his final exams. And when Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 troops, to be raised through the state mili ...
The Emancipation Proclamation - Home
... mainly because the border states were fighting for the United States to become one again, and not for slavery. The border states were a big weapon for the Union: they gave the North more territory, supplied more weapons, and most of all they had people willing to fight.12 If the Union lost the borde ...
... mainly because the border states were fighting for the United States to become one again, and not for slavery. The border states were a big weapon for the Union: they gave the North more territory, supplied more weapons, and most of all they had people willing to fight.12 If the Union lost the borde ...
PDF - Turning Points In American History
... federal free-land program. Florida became a state in 1845. Starting in 1850 another wave of migrants from southern states had moved down. They included a substantial number from South Carolina, where the “states’ rights” theory was championed by leaders like John C. Calhoun, who held that states cou ...
... federal free-land program. Florida became a state in 1845. Starting in 1850 another wave of migrants from southern states had moved down. They included a substantial number from South Carolina, where the “states’ rights” theory was championed by leaders like John C. Calhoun, who held that states cou ...
View - OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center
... promoted their county’s interests without compromise. Harrison County, of course, experienced secession and war in a unique way. Its location in the northwestern portion of Virginia was a significant influence on how Harrison County residents thought about and reacted to the national crisis. Northwe ...
... promoted their county’s interests without compromise. Harrison County, of course, experienced secession and war in a unique way. Its location in the northwestern portion of Virginia was a significant influence on how Harrison County residents thought about and reacted to the national crisis. Northwe ...
Across Five Aprils_VLT
... Northerners, especially the Abolitionists, believed that it was morally wrong for any human being to own another as property. Southerners defended slavery by pointing out that slaves were often treated better than factory workers in northern cities. The country seemed able to live with these differe ...
... Northerners, especially the Abolitionists, believed that it was morally wrong for any human being to own another as property. Southerners defended slavery by pointing out that slaves were often treated better than factory workers in northern cities. The country seemed able to live with these differe ...
Herman Melville`s Civil War poems of valor, heroism and suffering
... (Whitman 255) focuses on the reaction of a loved one to a soldier‘s death. In this case, the beloved mother mourns the death of her son. Many sentimental Northern poems neutralized violence by means of a family member‘s emotional reaction to death, and most followed Whitman‘s formula. First, news of ...
... (Whitman 255) focuses on the reaction of a loved one to a soldier‘s death. In this case, the beloved mother mourns the death of her son. Many sentimental Northern poems neutralized violence by means of a family member‘s emotional reaction to death, and most followed Whitman‘s formula. First, news of ...
THE PATRIOTISM OF RICHMOND`S GERMAN
... Rather than regard the German-American community as monolithic, I view GermanAmericans as individuals who had their own particular interests, preferences, and sympathies. I strongly disagree with the stereotype of German-Americans as universally disloyal toward the Confederacy, due to their common e ...
... Rather than regard the German-American community as monolithic, I view GermanAmericans as individuals who had their own particular interests, preferences, and sympathies. I strongly disagree with the stereotype of German-Americans as universally disloyal toward the Confederacy, due to their common e ...
The Gate City Under Siege:
... destroying crops. By the time troops reached Savannah on December 21, an area more than 50 miles wide and 300 miles long had been destroyed. The war in Georgia was essentially over and the end of the Civil War was in sight. The fall of Atlanta crushed southern morale and made it nearly impossible to ...
... destroying crops. By the time troops reached Savannah on December 21, an area more than 50 miles wide and 300 miles long had been destroyed. The war in Georgia was essentially over and the end of the Civil War was in sight. The fall of Atlanta crushed southern morale and made it nearly impossible to ...
This PDF is a selection from an out-of-print volume from... of Economic Research
... by a board of three local doctors employed by the Pension Bureau and following guidelines established by the bureau. An act of 27 June 1890 instituted a universal disability and old-age pension program for Union veterans. According to the veterans’ lobby, the new law would “place upon the rolls all ...
... by a board of three local doctors employed by the Pension Bureau and following guidelines established by the bureau. An act of 27 June 1890 instituted a universal disability and old-age pension program for Union veterans. According to the veterans’ lobby, the new law would “place upon the rolls all ...
Eleventh Grade Lesson
... The Harper House was built by the Harpers in 1855. Mr. Harper moved to North Carolina from Virginia when he was very young with his father and mother. John Harper married Amy Woodard in the late 1830s, and they had the first of their nine children in 1839. By 1855 John Harper may have owned as much ...
... The Harper House was built by the Harpers in 1855. Mr. Harper moved to North Carolina from Virginia when he was very young with his father and mother. John Harper married Amy Woodard in the late 1830s, and they had the first of their nine children in 1839. By 1855 John Harper may have owned as much ...
The Myth of the Lost Cause and Tennessee Textbooks, 1889
... collapse was total. Two billion dollars of human slavery had been eliminated. Banks and insurance firms had collapsed, while hundreds of millions of dollars in investments ranging from railroads to farm machinery had evaporated. More important were the losses in human resources. The war had cost the ...
... collapse was total. Two billion dollars of human slavery had been eliminated. Banks and insurance firms had collapsed, while hundreds of millions of dollars in investments ranging from railroads to farm machinery had evaporated. More important were the losses in human resources. The war had cost the ...
The US Civil War
... This introduction includes the necessary background information to be used in teaching The U.S. Civil War domain. The Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology for The U.S. Civil War contains eleven daily lessons, each of which is composed of two distinct parts, so that the lesson may be divided into smal ...
... This introduction includes the necessary background information to be used in teaching The U.S. Civil War domain. The Tell It Again! Read-Aloud Anthology for The U.S. Civil War contains eleven daily lessons, each of which is composed of two distinct parts, so that the lesson may be divided into smal ...
The US Civil War
... Alignment Chart for The U.S. Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Introduction to The U.S. Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
... Alignment Chart for The U.S. Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v Introduction to The U.S. Civil War . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
buchanan
... We think that Buchanan would definitely not have been a successful President today because of his views, beliefs, and previous decisions in his term as President. We believe that someone who greatly supports slavery cannot possibly rule a nation that is now completely slavery-free. It would contradi ...
... We think that Buchanan would definitely not have been a successful President today because of his views, beliefs, and previous decisions in his term as President. We believe that someone who greatly supports slavery cannot possibly rule a nation that is now completely slavery-free. It would contradi ...
Eighth Grade Lesson
... with the horrible ordeal of their home being taken over by Union soldiers, their son’s injury had already given them a taste of war. After the battle, the Harpers tried to return to a normal life. Despite their home being used as a hospital, the family was able to get the house clean enough to live ...
... with the horrible ordeal of their home being taken over by Union soldiers, their son’s injury had already given them a taste of war. After the battle, the Harpers tried to return to a normal life. Despite their home being used as a hospital, the family was able to get the house clean enough to live ...
Fall 1862 at Fairfax Court House
... Manassas (August 28th-30th, 1862) and the Battle of Chantilly/Ox Hill (September 1st) prompted the Union to reorganize its command in the greater Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia region. General George B. McClellan took command of the Defenses of Washington, and, on September 5th, General John ...
... Manassas (August 28th-30th, 1862) and the Battle of Chantilly/Ox Hill (September 1st) prompted the Union to reorganize its command in the greater Washington, D.C. and northern Virginia region. General George B. McClellan took command of the Defenses of Washington, and, on September 5th, General John ...
Civil War Trunk Curriculum Guide - Northeast Georgia History Center
... After the vote on the 1850 Compromise, Georgia‘s congressmen joined with delegates from every county of the state to frame a collective response to the legislation. Spokesmen for secession were outvoted by the majority who supported the moderate Georgia Platform. Even though the state-wide conventi ...
... After the vote on the 1850 Compromise, Georgia‘s congressmen joined with delegates from every county of the state to frame a collective response to the legislation. Spokesmen for secession were outvoted by the majority who supported the moderate Georgia Platform. Even though the state-wide conventi ...
The Battles for Chattanooga, 1863-1865
... importance and this nomination emphasizes two such resources: the historic Wauhatchie Pike in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and the Kelly‘s Ferry Road in Marion County, Tennessee. The battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga marked an important turning point for the Civil War in the Western Theater. At ...
... importance and this nomination emphasizes two such resources: the historic Wauhatchie Pike in Hamilton County, Tennessee, and the Kelly‘s Ferry Road in Marion County, Tennessee. The battles of Chickamauga and Chattanooga marked an important turning point for the Civil War in the Western Theater. At ...
Union (American Civil War)
During the American Civil War, the Union was the term used to refer to the United States of America, and specifically to the national government and the 20 free states and five border slave states which supported it. The Union was opposed by 11 southern states that formed the Confederate States of America, or ""the Confederacy"".All the Union states provided soldiers for the U.S. Army; the border areas also sent large numbers of soldiers to the Confederacy. The Border states played a major role as a supply base for the Union invasion of the Confederacy. The Northeast provided the industrial resources for a mechanized war producing large quantities of munitions and supplies, as well as financing for the war. The Midwest provided soldiers, food and horses, as well as financial support and training camps. Army hospitals were set up across the Union. Most states had Republican governors who energetically supported the war effort and suppressed anti-war subversion in 1863–64. The Democratic Party strongly supported the war in 1861 but was split by 1862 between the War Democrats and the anti-war element led by the ""Copperheads"". The Democrats made major electoral gains in 1862 in state elections, most notably in New York. They lost ground in 1863, especially in Ohio. In 1864 the Republicans campaigned under the Union Party banner, which attracted many War Democrats and soldiers and scored a landslide victory for Lincoln and his entire ticket.The war years were quite prosperous except where serious fighting and guerrilla warfare took place along the southern border. Prosperity was stimulated by heavy government spending and the creation of an entirely new national banking system. The Union states invested a great deal of money and effort in organizing psychological and social support for soldiers' wives, widows and orphans, and for the soldiers themselves. Most soldiers were volunteers, although after 1862 many volunteered to escape the draft and to take advantage of generous cash bounties on offer from states and localities. Draft resistance was notable in some larger cities, especially New York City with its massive anti-draft riots of 1863 and in some remote districts such as the coal mining areas of Pennsylvania.