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April 15, 1865
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By Robert Eng
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Abraham Lincoln
has been
Assassinated!
The President has been killed
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By Simon Spector
Crusader’s Chronicle
Abraham Lincoln was shot yesterday lay in a coma for 9
hours, and was pronounced dead by an army surgeon who had
been treating him. Late Lincoln was attending a play yesterday
afternoon with his wife when he was shot in the head by an actor
allegedly named John Wilkes Booth during one of the funniest
lines of the play. He flipped onto the stage and yelled, “sic
semper tyrannus”, which directly translates to “Thus always to
tyrants”, which means that Booth accused Lincoln of being a
tyrant. Putting political differences aside, the country will take a
moment of silence today for the first assassinated president, and
for the man who brought this country through the civil war.
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question above.
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Complete the
grid so each
row, column,
and 3-by-3 box
B (in bold
borders)
contains every
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Super quiz
Score 1 point for each correct answer on the
Freshman Level, 2 points on the Graduate
Level and 3 points on the Ph.D. Level.
Name that Battle
This day in history…
Electricity, a ship, and baseball
Answer the question about the recent reforms.
(e.g., The starting battle of the Civil War.
Answer: “Fort Sumter.”)
Freshman Level
1.
Lee’s first invasion of the North to persuade
Maryland to join the Confederacy.
2.
Lee’s second invasion of the North at a town
in Pennsylvania.
3.
The Union takes full control of the
Mississippi.
By Robert Eng
Fortune Teller
On April 15, one score and 7 years from
now into the future, a company will be founded
that provides something called electricity to
many people beyond this continent. They will
be named GE and be founded by Mr. Thomson,
Edwin J. Houston, and Edison of Thomas. Two
score and seven years into the future, another
tragic accident will occur with an iceberg and a
titanic ship thought to be unsinkable. Fourscore
and two years from now, an African American
man named Jackie Robinson
will play an unknown game
called baseball, becoming the
first African American to play
in the major leagues. April 15,
is also the dreaded Tax Day…
A Baseball Player
Graduate Level
4.
The Massachusetts 54th Regiment shows
immense bravery.
5.
The last battle of the war.
6.
Sherman’s devastation of Georgia.
Ph.D. Level
7.
Where the Monitor met the Merrimac.
8.
The only battle in Indiana.
9.
April 12, 1864, where many African
Americans were massacred by Confederate
troops.
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Preston
Brooks
Justified Beating
By Simon Spector
Crusader’s Chronicle
Today,
we
interviewed a certain senator
by the name of Preston
Brooks, nephew of Charles
Sumner, and who had just left
the Senate where it is has
been reported that he actually
beat
his
uncle
(the
aforementioned
Charles
Sumner) repeatedly on the
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head, causing massive
blood
loss,
loss
of
consciousness, and other
injuries that are being
predicted to take three years
to heal. We spoke with
Representative Brooks in
Washington D.C. today.
“While
I
did
almost kill him,” Preston
Brooks revealed at a press
release, ”The assaults on him
were completely justified in
defending the honor and
integrity of the South.”
When asked if he
regrets what he did, Brooks
stated very clearly, “I do not
regret any of my actions
today, they were fully
justified, and well deserved on
Senator Sumner’s part.”
In an interview he
had, solely with Crusader’s
Chronicle reporter Alexis
Nesper, we asked him when
the idea struck him to use a
cane. This was his answer,
“Well, the idea to beat him
with a cane came from one of
my very rebellious examples,
Andrew Jackson. When my
mother told me about Andrew
Jackson, I devoted my life to
being just like him, while still
maintain my political beliefs.”
“Why did you
really beat Charles Sumner?”
asked our reporter.
“He
was
bad
mouthing all of my Southern
friends, and plus, I’m South
Carolinian, I have to make a
mess.”
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Abraham Lincoln,
before the war
A look at the pre-Lincoln
By Simon Spector
Crusader’s Chronicle
With the election of a new
president, many people are
wondering whether the newly
elected president, Abraham
Lincoln can do the job.
Crusaders chronicle has summed
up short summary of the life and
times of Abraham Lincoln to
help reassure you of Abraham
Lincoln’s ability to carry out his
job. Abraham Lincoln (with the
nickname Abe) was born in a
simple log cabin, to his mother,
Nancy Hanks, and his father,
Thomas Lincoln, and was named
after his grandfather, who had
John Parker
The Failure
Bodyguard
By Robert Eng
Crusader’s Chronicle
From east to west, the
news
of
Lincoln’s
assassination is gripping the
nation, but few know of the
bodyguard
assigned
to
Lincoln that night. Lousy
police officer, John Parker’s,
shift sadly coincided with
Lincoln’s visit to Ford’s
Theater and his subsequent
mortal injury. Some poor
planning went into choosing
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been killed in an Indian raid in
1786, and, being born in
Kentucky, was the first president
to be born in a western state. His
mother died of milk disease
when he was nine, and later, his
father remarried to Sarah Bush
Johnston, and his family moved
to Macon County, Illinois, for
fear of an outbreak of milk
disease. He married Mary Todd
Lincoln on Nov. 4th, 1842, and
they had 4 children, though only
Robert Todd lived, and because
his mother could not deal with
the death of her other three
children, he was forced to put
her into a mental institution. In
1823, Abe ran for Illinois
general assembly, but didn’t
make it due to no money, no
education, and no political
power. In 1834, he was
successfully elected to the state
the president’s bodyguards
when they chose John Parker.
Parker had had a history of
infringements from sleeping
on
the
job,
visiting
inappropriate places, and
drinking on the job, all with
ensuing excuses such as I
heard a few ducks, and I left
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legislature, after which he
studied
law,
became
a
formidable lawyer, and served 4
terms in the Illinois House of
Representatives. In 1846, Abe
was elected to the US House of
Representatives, and spoke out
against the Mexican-American
war. He began to become a
lawyer of such high status that
he began doing cases for the
supreme court. He returned to
the National political scene by
the Lincoln-Douglass debates, in
which he made a good name for
himself by speaking out against
slavery, and now, he has just
been
elected
the
newest
president of the United States.
The Crusaders Chronicle will
not tell you if he can or can’t do
the job, we only give you pure
unbiased facts.
Lincoln’s funeral train
to investigate. Even on the
night
of
Lincoln’s
assassination, he snuck out to
the Star Saloon next door to
Ford’s Theater. If it is
anyone’s fault, it must be
Parker’s for not being on task
and doing his job. He must be
fired and charged with
abetting a criminal
in
murdering the president of the
United States.
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The Gettysburg Address
November 19, 1863
Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this
continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the
proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that
nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long
endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have
come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for
those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is
altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate -- we can not consecrate
-- we can not hallow -- this ground. The brave men, living and
dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor
power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long
remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did
here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the
unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so
nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great
task remaining before us -- that from these honored dead we take
increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full
measure of devotion -- that we here highly resolve that these dead
shall not have died in vain -- that this nation, under God, shall have
a new birth of freedom -- and that government of the people, by
the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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The Emancipation Proclamation
January 1, 1863
Whereas, on the twenty-second day of September, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-two, a proclamation was issued by the President of the United States, containing, among other things,
the following, to wit:
"That on the first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, all
persons held as slaves within any State or designated part of a State, the people whereof shall then be in
rebellion against the United States, shall be then, thenceforward, and forever free; and the Executive
Government of the United States, including the military and naval authority thereof, will recognize and
maintain the freedom of such persons, and will do no act or acts to repress such persons, or any of them, in
any efforts they may make for their actual freedom.
"That the Executive will, on the first day of January aforesaid, by proclamation, designate the States and
parts of States, if any, in which the people thereof, respectively, shall then be in rebellion against the United
States; and the fact that any State, or the people thereof, shall on that day be, in good faith, represented in
the Congress of the United States by members chosen thereto at elections wherein a majority of the
qualified voters of such State shall have participated, shall, in the absence of strong countervailing
testimony, be deemed conclusive evidence that such State, and the people thereof, are not then in rebellion
against the United States.“
Now, therefore I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, by virtue of the power in me vested as
Commander-in-Chief, of the Army and Navy of the United States in time of actual armed rebellion against
the authority and government of the United States, and as a fit and necessary war measure for suppressing
said rebellion, do, on this first day of January, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
sixty-three, and in accordance with my purpose so to do publicly proclaimed for the full period of one
hundred days, from the day first above mentioned, order and designate as the States and parts of States
wherein the people thereof respectively, are this day in rebellion against the United States, the following, to
wit:
Arkansas, Texas, Louisiana, (except the Parishes of St. Bernard, Plaquemines, Jefferson, St. John, St.
Charles, St. James Ascension, Assumption, Terrebonne, Lafourche, St. Mary, St. Martin, and Orleans,
including the City of New Orleans) Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North
Carolina, and Virginia, (except the forty-eight counties designated as West Virginia, and also the counties
of Berkley, Accomac, Northampton, Elizabeth City, York, Princess Ann, and Norfolk, including the cities
of Norfolk and Portsmouth[)], and which excepted parts, are for the present, left precisely as if this
proclamation were not issued.
And by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare that all persons held as
slaves within said designated States, and parts of States, are, and henceforward shall be free; and that the
Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will
recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
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Pre-Civil War Era
Events leading up
the Civil War
By Simon Spector
Crusader’s Chronicle
April 15, 1865
opposed a tariff on foreign
goods, but was overpowered by
the North to nullify it. This was
seen as an attack on the South’s
states’ rights.
Another pressing issue
between the North and South is
slavery, as shown by Nat
Turner’s rebellion, in which
over 60 white people were
killed. Even though Nat Turner
was arrested and hanged, it
made Southern slave-owners
begin to think of more ways to
keep slaves in line.
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was a slave state or free.
Finally becoming a state under
James K. Polk in 1845 as the
28th state, Mexico viewed this
as a war threat and the
Mexican-American War began.
When funding was needed
for this war, James Polk had to
ask Congress for money. When
he did so, a Pennsylvania
representative named David
Wilmot, stuck a small proviso
into the funding bill, which
stated that “neither slavery nor
involuntary servitude shall ever
exist in territory acquired from
The southern economy Mexico”, the House of
differs greatly from that of the Representatives passed the bill,
North, and many arguments but the Senate did not.
have come up as to which type
Adding to tension about
of economy is best. While the
again,
growing
agriculture of the South seems slavery
numbers
of
independent
slave
very dependent on Europe and
not safe, the Panic of 1837 rebels were being helped by
shows maybe a farming sympathetic northerners to
economy
has
advantages. escape, and the South’s loss of
When the banks made some property was momentous.
bad investments, many people Slaveholders thought this was
in the North lost quite a sum of pure and utter robbery. In the
Compromise
of
1850,
money.
California became a free state,
As talks of slavery became New Mexico and Utah would
more heated and violent, be slave territories, the slave
Congress was forced to issue trade ended in Washington
the Gag Rule, which suspended D.C., and a strong fugitive
all slavery talks until Congress slave law was established.
saw fit for them to be After nine months of debate,
discussed.
this compromise was passed in
When Texas was still the September of 1850.
“Lone Star Republic,” many
In 1854, Stephen A. Douglas
people wanted to annex it into of Illinois wanted to build a
the Union, while others felt railroad to California, and felt
doing so would be an act of
The nullification crisis was war. As usual, the North and
see Pre-War
another contributor to this South
disagreed
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conflict, in which the South
congressionally as to whether it
A stirring country, a country
where the growing differences
between two sections, were
founded on the ideals of
equality and equal opportunity.
This country is the United
States of America where a
growing divide between the
North and South brewed, not
just in the economy and way of
life, but in a debate on the very
ideals on which the country
was founded, and whether or
not this country should even
stay together. This special
Crusaders Chronicle article is
here to cover what happened
with the growing escalation
between people of this country.
In the course of this article we
will explore the meaning of
events leading up to now, and
how they have contributed to a
growing conflict and tell of the
war that has come out of this
utter mess. First up is the
Missouri Compromise of 1820.
This line was the cause of the
fact
that
the
unspoken
agreement in Congress as to the
number of free and slave states,
and ran along 36’ 30, in which,
above the line slavery is not
permitted, and below the line
slavery is allowed.
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Sore Loser
Southerners
Lincoln triggers
Civil War
By Mihir Iyer
April 15, 1865
Inflation!
Confederate
Currency Down
By Mihir Iyer
Crusader’s Chronicle
Total War
Reached
South is devastated
By Robert Eng
Crusader’s Chronicle
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Many people think
that the South seceded
because they didn’t want
to give up their slaves.
This may be true but
undocumented sources in
South Carolina have
reported that the real
reason was that when
Lincoln won the election
with all northern votes,
the South felt like a
minority. This is true but
they can fix it by being
more
industrially
oriented. This will draw
immigrants and increase
the population so they
will
have
increased
power. They left when
they felt they were losing,
just like sore losers.
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Largely because of the
Union
blockade
of
Southern ports, southern
trading
has
lessened
recently. Because of this,
the CSA’s currency is
down. People should not
accept this money at all.
First, it has little to no
value,
and
this
is
considered treason and
will be treated as such.
The government is jailing
people for this offense so
don’t do it.
War on the enemy’s will to
fight and its ability to support an
army. This cruel way of fighting,
also known as total war,
devastated the South in the last
year of the Civil War, starting
with
the
devastation
of
Shenandoah Valley. Grant gave
General Philip Sheridan the
order to “Let that valley be so
left that crows flying over it will
have to carry their rations long
with them.”
Another example of total war
against the South is shown when
General Sherman of Tennessee
in May 1864 was told to inflict
“all the damage you can against
their war resources.” Sherman
traveled to Atlanta, Georgia, and
set fire to the city. After this
destruction,
he
left
for
Savannah, marching through
Georgia leaving a 60-mile wide
path of obliteration. Fields,
houses, and supplies, were
burned, trampled, or ransacked.
Sherman’s men left roads
littered with the dead. He then
took Savannah in December
1864, and continued on into the
Carolinas,
finally
reaching
Raleigh, North Carolina by
March 1865.
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New Flash: Andrew Johnson’s To do List
Through careful snooping
from one of our reporters who
remain unnamed due to
troubles with the government,
they uncovered Andrew Johnson’s future. As you can see, some
list of activities he plans for the
of his goals are, well, a little
disturbing. What we have to
ask now is, “How did he
become president?!!?!?!?!?”
Andrew Johnson’s To do List
1. Announce Reconstruction Plan
2. Create new state constitutions
3. Create new state governments
4. Get drunk at a local bar
5. Repeal secession
6. Cancel war debts
7. Ratify the 13th Amendment to
abolish slavery
8. Get drunk at a local bar again
9. Gloat to people my assassin
never got me
10.Have my wife teach me
reading, writing, and math
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Stephen
Douglas
A help to Lincoln
By Mihir Iyer
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April 15, 1865
Technology =
more destruction
Advancements in
technology used
for killing
By Mihir Iyer
Crusader’s Chronicle
Stephen Douglas ran
against Lincoln in the
1858 Illinois Senate race.
Unlike
Lincoln
who
believed that the country
could not go half slave
and half free, Douglass
felt that it was just fine.
Douglass
accepted
Lincoln’s request for a
series of debates about
slavery. Douglass argued
that the Dred Scott
decision had ended the
slavery issue. Lincoln on
the other hand, said that
slavery was a moral issue
to be resolved by the
people not a legal issue to
be decided by a court.
Even though he lost,
Lincoln became a national
figure and slavery became
a moral issue.
The Gatling gun is a new
invention
will
change
battlefields for years to come.
Capable of shooting more
bullets much faster than a
regular infantryman, it is a
series of revolving barrels
which take turns shooting and
then cooling as it goes around.
It makes killing much more
efficient, and it only requires 34 people to operate. Don’t look
for it to be available to the
public soon. It is very
dangerous and is only for the
army.
Another new development
in weaponry is the introduction
of rifled barrels which are
normal barrels that have
grooves cut into to them which
make the bullet spin. A
spinning bullet is more
accurate and has a longer range
that a regular musket ball.
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Anaconda Plan
For Northerners’ eyes
only
By Simon Spector
Crusader’s Chronicle
For the convenience of
Northern readers, I would
like to tell all southern
readers to skip this article,
as it is for Northern eyes
only. The Anaconda plan
set forth by Abraham
Lincoln is the strategy for
how the North will defeat
the confederacy.
David
Eng reports. “The objective
of this plan really is to
make the war, quick, and
quiet, and too show the
South the full extent of the
Unions powers.” David
said. “The first stage is to
surround the South to cut
off trade, then to divide,
and
finally
conquer
Richmond”. If this plan
works, than the South will
be defeated quickly, and we
can rebuild the nation with
little violence or strife.
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North vs. South
Anyone could have won in this bloody war.
The Confederacy had a great
advantage as being the defensive
side of the Civil War and had a
large coastline the Union had to
blockade. The Confederacy also
had a strong military leadership.
The Union soldiers were better
equipped than their southern
brethren. They had better guns,
uniform and equipment from the
numerous factories in the U.S. The
North also included more farms,
technology, mines, and banks.
Army Stats
Category
North
South
Population
22,100,000 (71%)
9,100,000 (29%)
Number of Soldiers
2,100,000
1,064,000
Victories
31
57
Miles of Railroad
21,788
8,838
Manufactured items
90%
10%
Firearm production
97%
3%
1860 Slave Population
400,000
3,500,000
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By Mihir Iyer
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In an effort to protect
their ships, both the Union
and the Confederate Navies
covered ships in iron to
protect them from enemy
fire. The Union ship is the
USS Monitor which is little
more than a revolving turret
on a hull that sits very low in
the water. The Confederacy
made the CSS Virginia
which sits higher in the
water and has multiple guns.
The two ships met at the
Battle of Hampton Roads.
On the first day, the Virginia
came and destroyed a lot of
Union ships that were not
protected. The next day, the
Monitor came to protect the
remaining Union ships.
Neither ship was able to
inflict any damage on the
other. Both of the ships left
after a while because no one
could win.
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Robert E. Lee
The General of the
Confederacy
By Robert Eng
Crusader’s Chronicle
Robert Edward Lee’s name
is shrouded in scorn from the
many citizens of the U.S. for
becoming the head military
advisor for the Confederacy
States of America. Lee is not as
bad as most people are led to
believe. In fact, before the
Civil War, he was a
magnificent general for the
United States. A top graduate
from West Point, Robert served
in the Mexican-American War
alongside some famous men
such as Ulysses S. Grant. Lee
also was commanding the
suppression of John Brown’s
raid on Harper’s Ferry. When
the southern states had started
seceding, President Abraham
Lincoln had asked Robert E.
Lee to become a top
commander. Lee responded, “I
shall never bear arms against
the Union, but it may be
necessary for me to carry a
musket in the defense of my
native state, Virginia, in which
case I shall not prove recreant
to my duty.” Unfortunately,
Virginia was quickly on the
path of secession so Lee turned
down Lincoln’s request as a
major general on April 18,
1861, resigned on April 20, and
joined Virginia state forces on
April 23.
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April 15, 1865
The Civil War
Preserve the Union
Battle of Antietam (Union win) – On September 17, 1862, Lee
foolishly invaded the North to try and persuade Maryland to join the
Confederacy. They were beaten back in this bloodiest day of the war.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
George B. McClellan
Robert E. Lee
Casualties
12401 men
10316 men
By Robert Eng
Crusader’s Chronicle
The Civil War is filled with around
10,000 skirmishes and conflicts between the
North and the South. Lasting from 1861 to
1865, the Civil War is the bloodiest war in
the United States history so far and
probably far into the future.
Battle of Fort Sumter (Confederacy win) – On April 12, 1861, South
Carolinians attacked For Sumter, a U.S. fort in Charleston Harbor. This
marked the start of the Civil War.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Robert Anderson
P.G.T. Beauregard
Casualties
0 men
0 men
First Battle of Bull Run (Confederacy win) – On July 21, 1861, the
Union invaded the Confederacy to quickly crush the rebellion.
Unfortunately, the Union shockingly lost.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Irvin McDowell
Joseph E. Johnston
Casualties
2896 men
1982 men
Battle of Fort Henry (Union win) – On February 6, 1862, the Union
seizes For Henry and the secures the Tennessee River.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Ulysses S. Grant
Lloyd Tilghman
Casualties
40 men
79 men
Battle of Fort Donelson (Union win) – On February 11-16, 1892,
Ulysses S. Grant takes Fort Donelson, accepts Confederate army
surrender, and secures the Cumberland River.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Ulysses S. Grant
John B. Floyd
Casualties
2691 men
13846 men
Battle of Hampton Roads (Tie) – On March 8-9, 1862, the two
ironclads, the Merrimac (renamed Virginia) and the Monitor, met
exchanging shots for four hours before stopping. Neither was damaged.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
John Marston
Franklin Buchanan
Casualties
369 men, 2 ships
24 men, 1 ship
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Battle of Gettysburg (Union win) – On July 1-3, 1863, Lee again
invaded the North in an all out attack. After losing, Lee falls back.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
George G. Meade
Robert E. Lee
Casualties
23055 men
23321 men
Battle of Vicksburg (Union win) – On July 4, 1863, Grant finally
takes Vicksburg, seizes the Mississippi, and splits the Confederacy.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Ulysses S. Grant
John C. Pemberton
Casualties
4835 men
3202 men
Battle of Fort Wagner (Confederacy win) – On July 18, 1863, the
Union tries to take Fort Wagner. The Massachusetts 54 th Regiment
courageously shows their dedication.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Quincy A. Gillmore
Johnson Hagwood
Casualties
1515 men
174 men
Battle of Five Forks (Union win) – On April 1, 1865, the Union army
crushed the Confederate army, triggering Lee’s abandonment of
Richmond, retreat to the Appomattox Court House, and his surrender.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Philip H. Sheridan
George E. Pickett
Casualties
830 men
2950 men
Third Battle of Petersburg (Union win) – On April 2, 1865, the Union
army sends an all-out attack on the Confederate army, eventually
leading to the Union fall of Petersburg and Richmond.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Casualties
3500 men
4250 men
Battle of Appomattox Court House (Union win) – On April 9, 1865,
at the Appomattox Court House, Lee makes his last stand and finally
surrenders to Ulysses S. Grant.
Union
Confederacy
Commanders
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Casualties
164 men
about 500 men
Crusader’s Chronicle
Pre-War: Many
conflicts
it would be easier to do if the
Great Plains were organized
into the Nebraska territory,
which should be opened to
settlers. Since this area lay
north
of
the
Missouri
Compromise,
the
slavery
question was not mentioned,
but Southerners refused to
support the bill until the
territory was split into two
territories. Those two territories
also had to choose whether or
not they wanted to allow
slavery. The Kansas-Nebraska
Act passed, and settlers rushed
in.
Many of the people that
moved
into
these
new
territories
were
peaceful
farmers searching for good
farming land; while others
came just to make protests.
Some of these protests became
so violent that this period of
April 15, 1865
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time was known as Bleeding judgment. He issued his
Kansas.
decision as such: A. Scott could
not sue for his freedom because
Conditions in Congress have
he wasn’t a citizen, and B. as a
turned from being politically
slave he could not become a
violent, to physically violent.
citizen, nor could any African
Charles
Sumner,
a
American.
Massachusetts Representative,
was actually hit by his own
Our late President Abraham
nephew, Preston Brooks, on the Lincoln comes into the picture
head with a cane, so intensely now, when he runs for Illinois
he was covered in his own Senator
against
Stephen
blood and unconscious. Charles Douglas. Lincoln challenged
Sumner only called the Douglas to a debate, that would
violence in Kansas “as a later make him renowned, and
violent assault on an innocent a famous face, in the U.S.A.,
territory.”
and this debate was about the
issue of slavery. Even though
When a slave named Dred
Abraham Lincoln lost the
Scott was taken to a free state
election, the debates were
on a trip with his master, he
reported throughout the whole
believed visiting a free state
country. After that, he was a
had set himself free. His case
household figure.
finally reached the Supreme
Court, and Chief Justice Roger
Many had sought to prevent
B. Taney, who was an the conflict we were in by
abolitionist,
made
the debating, and using politics,
important decision to not but, John Brown, a huge man,
influence his decision with his was too impatient to wait for
own personal beliefs, but rather Congress to act. He planned to
make a decision as an impartial take hold of a federal arsenal,
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give weapons to slaves, and
start a rebellion that would
abolish
slavery
forever.
Unfortunately it was a lost
cause as soon as all of his men
were killed or captured in the
course of the raid. He was later
hanged.
Finally, now, we get to the
most recent event that our
Political
Analyst,
Sammy
Spector deems to be ”one of
the last straws, that ended up
testing whether that nation, or
any nation, so conceived and so
dedicated can long endure. It
was the Election of 1860 in
which Republicans put forth
Abraham Lincoln, Democrats
were divided between Stephen
Douglass
and
John
C.
Breckenridge,
and
the
Constitutional Union Party put
forth John Bell. Abraham
Lincoln won with 40% of the
votes, every single one was in
the north. Strangely enough,
ten of the southern states did
not have Lincoln on the ballot.
This showed the difference
between southern and northern
political power.
As a newspaper that was
witnessed the rise and fall of
centuries,
millennia,
and
civilization, the Crusader’s
Chronicle editors would like to
issue a warning. This has
happened many times before in
history, and unfortunately it has
happened again. This country
found itself in a great civil war,
testing whether that nation, or
any nation, so conceived and so
dedicated could long endure.
April 15, 1865
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Civil Wars of the
Past
UFC Fighter
John Brown
Fighting throughout
history
A new champion in
the Octagon
By Robert Eng
By Simon Spector
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The United States will never
forget this civil war. It tore
families apart, killed hundreds
of thousands, and ruined the
economy. Unfortunately, the
U.S. is not alone, for many
other countries ranging around
the world have risen up against
itself as an internal conflict. In
fact, just a year ago the Taiping
Civil War in China ended with
20,000,000
civilians
and
soldiers killed. Even now, a
civil war is occurring in New
Zealand, deemed the Maori
War because of a conflict with
the Maori and the British
Empire. Settlers were coming
into Maori land and taking it,
even when it was protected by
a treaty. The Maori were split
and chose sides, creating a civil
war. These terrible wars stretch
far back in time. In 626 B.C.,
Babylonians
in
Assyria
revolted,
asserting
their
independence. After ten years
of fighting, the Babylonians
were victorious, and four years
after, the Assyrians are sent
into exile. Throughout time,
these
civil
wars
have
influenced history, showing
how a group of people in an
organization, can fight against
its larger organization, creating
a bloody conflict no one really
desires.
A new champion has been
sweeping the American UFC
rings clean in the past couple
weeks, and his name is John
Brown. We now have a
crusaders Chronicle exclusive
interview with this abolishing
smack-down fighter. We’ll ask
him what it is he hopes to
accomplish, who is going to
help him and if he thinks that
he is going to make it. Sammy
Spector reports. We started by
asking him what were his
goals throughout the course of
his career.
“Well, as already having
served as a Senator, I hope to
use any force I deem
necessary to free all slaves
around this country”. We then
asked him how he managed to
reach such a goal.
“Well,
the
current
champion, named Harpers
Ferry, has a huge entourage
and If I beat him, I get all of
his fire power.” Do you
expect to win?
“Yes, I am completely
confident that we will win”.
Unfortunately, people are
afraid that his recklessness
may put the very slaves he is
trying to free, in danger.
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Simon Says: Note from Crusader’s Chronicle Crew
The Crusader’s Chronicle has been around since the fall of the Roman Empire, 200 years before
which a Chinese alchemist named Robert Eng discovered the formula to eternal life. With no editing
help for almost a millennia, Robert Eng moved to Central America to study the Maya, where he came
in to contact with Simon Spector, and Mihir Iyer (Who had just arrived from their respective countries
to do the same), who he later shared the secret of immortality with. After much deliberation, Robert
Eng hired them full time, and was reassured by positive feedback to the Manifest Destiny edition.
Robert then agreed that he would keep Simon and Mihir to be his main writers on call. The Crusader’s
Chronicle is the oldest newspaper in the world, and is famous for it's extremely reasonable price, and
wisely written content. Because of its old age, the newspaper, and its immortal writers have access to
knowledge of many centuries. For much time before now, and hopefully far in the future, the
Crusader’s Chronicle will give you what need, when you want it, and at the price you need. Most
prevalent reporters include Shannon Aviña, Alexis Nesper, David Eng, and Sammy Spector. Having
been through large amounts of time, Crusader’s Chronicle has seen events occur, has witnessed empires
crumble, and all of it's members can recognize the signs, to give helpful and accurate advice about what
is happening to our country and the world. Just a hint of upcoming events, the U.S. is in an economic
crisis! Anyway, have a nice day!
-- Sincerely,
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The African Americans
whose brethren we are trying to
free are some of the bravest
and most courageous soldiers
on the battlefield. With little
training, bad equipment, and
almost impossible missions,
they still kept their resolve and
determination.
The
54th
Massachusetts Infantry was one
such regiment. They had to
capture Fort Wagner an almost
impossible task considering
they had to cross 200 yards of
open beach to reach the fort.
They fought hard but had to
retreat after losing over half of
their men.
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Battle of Antietam
2.
Battle of Gettysburg
3.
Battle of Vicksburg
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