Essays on Civil War Page 5

Writing about recordedhistory should be a relatively easy task to accomplish. Recorded history is based on facts. Regardless of what timeperiod one may write about, one will find enough informationabout that time of period. The key is to put everything in alogical and understandable manner. This paper will be aboutthe Civil War. I will try,…

After the Civil War ended in 1865, the south was in total ruins. Houses weredestroyed, crops were gone, and lives would never be the same again. Itwouldnt be until years after the war that people would get their lives back ontrack. Whites in the south now hated the blacks and still think they areinferior. The…

Dear Journal,August 2, 1863With Dixie in my heart, today is the day that South Carolina recruited me for this war. I must soon be ready to go to the regiment I was assigned to. I am in the 3rd Infantry Regiment of South Carolina. I would rather have been in the cavalry since, the Great…

The Civil War consisted of many legendary battles over the soil of the United and Confederate States of America, which will be retold for generations in history books. Although these land battles were indeed great, the concept of this paper will be the Naval warfare of the Civil War, paying certain attention to the battle…

aysThe Civil War had a major effect on the American civilization in the 1860’s. The novel Red Badge of Courage and the poem “Kentucky Belle” are prime examples of this. These two pieces of literature show an inside look at the Civil War, getting past the fighting and the battles. Red Badge of Courage is…

As I sat thinking about what to write about i started to realize thatslavery and war were the two things that at leat keep me going and I knew icould say alot on both. I couldn’t quite figgure out how i was going to jointhe two until i did some research and other reading and…

es of America, as the government tried to make those states united again. Following the assassination of the 16th President, Abraham Lincoln, the government was in a total state of disarray, and they were facing a challenge that surpassed that of any other, of reuniting and reconstructing the South. The Government was hoping that they…

The statement had the leaders of this country controlled the extremists on both sides the war could have been avoided is totally false. The Civil War was definitely unavoidable. Because of regional and political disputes the country would have continued to boil even if the extremists on both sides were kept under control. The true…

By late afternoon, on the 2nd July, 1863, after fierce hand to hand fighting, Major General John B. Hoods 3rd Divisions flanking attack on Big Round Top had been successful. Meade realising the lack of troops on the Round Tops had rushed the 1st Maine to try to thwart Jackson who having let Hood bypass…

If I were Abraham Lincoln during the US Civil War, there would few things if any that I would change. I would try to do anything to avoid a war between our own country. I would try to settle the territory disputes and the slavery disputes with an orderly fashion. But if none of that…