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and who lead nations. It is man who first ventured into the seas and into space. And it is man who write of these adventures, real and fabled. The master writers of the past comprise a dominantly male club. Homer, Chaucer, Shakespear, and Dante are members of this exclusive club. But, as Virginia Woolf points…

The first major battle of the Civil War was fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia railway junction. The armies in this first battle were not very large by later Civil War standards. The Federal forces under Brigadier General Irvin McDowell were organized into four divisions of about 30,000 men. These divisions were commanded by…

The battle of Antietam Patrick MoffattIn the battle of Antietam, also known as the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, the Union forces vastly out-numbered the Confederates. The Unions inadequate commanders and generals included, Major-General George Brinton McClellan, Major-General Joseph Hooker (1Corps), Major-General Edwin V. Sumner (2 Corps), Major-General Fitz-John Porter (5 Corps), Major-general William…

The Battle of ShilohAfter taking Fort Donelson, Ulysses Grant had wanted to move on theConfederate base in Corinth, Mississippi, where Albert Sidney Johnston, the Confederatecommander in the West, was known to be assembling troops. Grant was ordered to delayhis advance until Union General Don Carlos Buell, who had been operating in EastTennessee, could join him….

annonOn December 15, 1890 authorities feared that the Sioux’s new GhostDance? religion might inspire an uprising. Sitting Bull permitted GrandRiver people to join the antiwhite Ghost Dance cult and was thereforearrested by troops. In the fracas that followed, he was shot twice in thehead. Sitting Bull’ followers were apprehended and brought to the U. SArmy…

The sounds of muskets being fired, its ammunition ricocheting off rocksand splintering trees are heard all around. The pungent smell of gun powderstings the nose, and its taste makes the mouth dry and sticky. The battle isstill young, but blood soaked uniforms and dead or dying men can already beseen, causing the fear of death…

Battle Of Little Big Hornbattle of little big horn Five springs ago I, with many Sioux Indians, took down and packed up ourtipis and moved from Cheyenne river to the Rosebud river, where wecamped a few days; then took down and packed up our lodges and movedto the Little Bighorn river and pitched our lodges…

er why this battle out of all others during the war was so great. Many questions were asked. Such as, what did they do for supplies? How did they live? What was the typical military strategy? I will also answer many other questions to in this essay. It’s really hard to believe the things I…

BATTLE OF AP BACOn July 7, 1954 Bao Dai, president of Vietnam appointed Ding Diem as Prime Minister. Dai was a pro French president who did not have communist beliefs for Vietnam. Diem was man who refused French rule and favored American ideas. He was a Roman Catholic, thus causing him to be an opponent…

. Lee concentrated his full strength to meet the pursuing federals under Major General George G. Meade at the crossroads of Gettysburg. He did this be cause of what he had heard from a reliable source that the Union forces were weak and not expecting any fighting against the Confederates for a little while. Some…