Technology has changed the way soldiers work on a daily basis. Technology helps soldiers function in everyday life. There are many ways that military life in the civil war is different than life as a soldier in the war in Iraq. Life as a soldier in war is very different now than it was a […]
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The Battle of Antietam, fought on September 17, 1862, was one of the bloodiest days in American history, with nearly 6,000 soldiers killed. 6,000 soldiers were killed at Antietam, almost four times the number of people killed on D-Day and nearly twice as many killed in the entire war in Iraq. Who then won the […]
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Despite the popular belief that the American Civil War was fought only by whites on the side of the South, there is great evidence that they joined the Native Americans in the struggle for Southern Freedom. One of the most famous of these Native Americans even reached the rank of Brigadier General in the Confederate […]
When people think of all the battles in the United States of America, the most famous is the Battle of Gettysburg. They would say that it is the most important part of the battle and the goal of the war, which, however, is not so. The turning point of the Civil War occurred in the […]
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Michael Shaara’s historical novel Bulky Angels is about the Battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War. The book is written from the perspective of the fighting people and shares their thoughts and feelings about the battle as follows. The book begins on June 29, 1863, with a scout from the Confederate army reporting to them […]
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 close to Hodgenville, Kentucky. His family moved to Indiana in 1816. When Lincoln was ten his mother died from poisoned milk. His father remarried the next year to Sarah Bush Johnston. Abraham liked her very much and even later recalled her “his angel mother. (Encarta)” Abraham had […]