Essays Tagged: "Union Army"

The title is "Civil War Battles Summary." It is a summary of 5 major Civil War battles. I also included a bibliography.

2,000 men, though his army was not yet organized. Bull Run was fought to defend Richmond, which the Union thought they could rush, and end the war quickly. McDowell's troops suffered greatly from inex ... designed for experience troops. This gave the Confederates time to dig in, and when the slow-moving Union army finally reached the battlefield, lack of coordination between officers didn't allow the U ...

(5 pages) 373 2 4.5 Apr/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Brief History of the NRA.

simplest form is the largest gun club in the world. The organization was founded in 1871 by former Union Army officers to encourage sport shooting in order to have a fine tuned militia in case of eme ... fficers to encourage sport shooting in order to have a fine tuned militia in case of emergency. The Union officers believed that a well regulated militia was integral for the security of a free state. ...

(7 pages) 162 1 3.1 Jan/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Gettysburg, A Critical Review

vernment hoped to accomplish two thins by marching north into Pennsylvania. They wanted to draw the Union army out in to the open and win a decisive battle in the North. The defeat of a large Union fo ... e of Gettysburg became an avalanche of mistakes. The Confederate advance or point was discovered by Union cavalry. The cavalry alerted the five Union corps.The Southern Cavalry, under the leadership o ...

(3 pages) 143 0 3.4 Oct/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Emancipation proclamation

red freedom for all slaves in the areas of the Confederacy that were still in rebellion against the Union. The Proclamation also provided for the use of blacks in the Union army and navy. As a result, ... As a result, it greatly influenced the North's victory in the war.When President Lincoln called for union volunteers to go to war against the Confederacy, it was only made up of seven states - South C ...

(5 pages) 104 0 4.2 Nov/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Civil Rights > Black Awareness & Racism

End of a tradgedy. The road to appomattox

eld in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate forces. The war was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then, Federal (Fed ... ar was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then, Federal (Federal was another name given to the Union Army) armies were spread throughout the Confederacy and the Confederate Army had shrunk extrem ...

(9 pages) 52 0 3.5 Nov/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Short answer question on the American Civil War: Explain the 'total war' policy of General Ulysses S. Grant. Do you approve of this policy?

General Ulysses S. Grant was of the Union Army in the Civil War. He had a policy knows as the 'total war' policy. He believed that when ... diers or people died. And this war policy of his was used in the Civil War under his command by the Union War. In one of the battles of the Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh, 13000 Union and 11000 Confe ... r the South to handle the reconstruction of the cities. Now the future of the South depended on the Union (the Northern States), and eventually it was the Union who paid for the reconstruction of the ...

(2 pages) 85 1 1.7 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

13 and 14 Amendments

the newly freed slaves still worked under conditions similar to those existing before the war. The Union army could offer only limited protection to the ex-slaves, and Andrew Johnson clearly had no i ... rn states to allow blacks to vote. Finally, it banned former officials who had rebelled against the Union from holding public office and denied both Confederate war debts and claims of former slavehol ...

(2 pages) 120 2 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

The first major battle of the Civil War was fought in Virginia, near the Manassas, Virginia railway junction, after which the battle is called .........ect.

2,000 men, though his army was not yet organized. Bull Run was fought to defend Richmond, which the Union thought they could rush, and end the war quickly. McDowell's troops suffered greatly from inex ... designed for experience troops. This gave the Confederates time to dig in, and when the slow-moving Union army finally reached the battlefield, lack of coordination between officers didn't allow the U ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

"Ulysses S. Grant: An Outstanding Military Figure and the Savior of the Civil War"

the Civil War. One may ask, "how did President Lincoln's choice of Ulysses S. Grant to command the Union army change the outcome of the Civil War?" Though Grant led the Union in many battles that end ... ?" Though Grant led the Union in many battles that ended in defeat, he still pressed onward and the Union won the war. You can't keep a good man down, especially this one.Before Ulysses S. Grant was t ...

(4 pages) 101 1 2.8 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. By Stephen Crane

h took place May 2-6, 1863.The novel's protagonist, Henry Fleming, a young soldier fighting for the Union army during the American Civil War. Initially, Henry stands untested in battle and questions h ...

(3 pages) 62 0 4.7 Mar/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Whats in a name? The grapes of wrath title explained.

the sanitary conditions in the Prisoner of War camps. She visited many Prison camps along with many Union Army camps. While visiting a camp one of the soldiers, who had read some of her poetry, asked ...

(4 pages) 60 0 2.5 May/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

"The Killer Angels" by Michael Shaara.

tells the story of the historic Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863, the Confederate army and the Union army fought the largest and most gruesome battle of the American Civil War. Shaara states that ... . The Confederates move southeast toward the town of Gettysburg. General John Buford, leader of the Union cavalry, rides into Gettysburg and discovers Confederate troops nearby. He wants to avoid a ba ...

(3 pages) 89 0 3.0 Oct/2003

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Michaels Shaara's book "The Killer Angels" Describes in detail the battle of Gettysburg during the Civil War.

ory of the Battle of Gettysburg. On July 1, 1863, the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia and the Union Army of the Potomac fought the largest battle of the American Civil War. The battle left 51,00 ... obert E. Lee, commander of the Confederate army; General James Longstreet, Lee's second-in-command; Union Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain, and Major General George Meade, commanding general of the ...

(4 pages) 88 1 4.3 Nov/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

American Civil War The purpose of this paper is to illustrate...

eld in the closing days of the conflict. Also, reference will be made to the leading men behind the Union and Confederate forces. The war was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then, Federal (Fed ... ar was beginning to end by January of 1865. By then, Federal (Federal was another name given to the Union Army) armies were spread throughout the Confederacy and theConfederate Army had shrunk extreme ...

(8 pages) 120 0 2.1 Dec/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History

The Battle of Antietam.

rly stages of the war, the Confederate army looked invulnerable, and had many more battles than the Union side. Abraham Lincoln, the president at the time, had appointed George McClellan as the Major ... aham Lincoln, the president at the time, had appointed George McClellan as the Major General of the Union army. Robert E. Lee, the general of the Confederate force, had led a northward advance, and it ...

(6 pages) 58 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Significant causes of the U.S Civil War, Compromise of 1877, key terms and people

ersus its defense and expansion in the southoConstitutional disputes over the nature of the federal Union and state rightsoEconomic differences between the industrialized north and the agricultural so ... es as tariffs, banking and internal improvementsoPolitical blunder and extremism2.Key People in the Union and the ConfederacyoLee: Commanding the Army of N. Virginia, he took the offensive in the 7 Da ...

(4 pages) 124 0 3.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars

Title - The Emancipation Proclamation. This essay provides the actual reasons and real effects of the Emancipation Proclamation on the matter of slavery.

North advantages over the South, one mainly being African American soldiers fighting along side the Union Army. The significance of this document extends beyond simply liberating slaves, but to also i ... they went about creating the Confederate South. However, four slave-holding states remained in the Union; Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware.During the first part of the war, abolitionists an ...

(4 pages) 143 0 4.3 Feb/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers

Gettysburg

rate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed thePotomac River and marched into Pennsylvania.the Union Army of the Potomac under its new and untried commander, General George G. Meade, marched toin ... here) and the skirmish began. Events quicklyescalated. Lee rushed 25,000 men to the scene while the Union had less than 20,000.After much fierce fighting and heavy casualties on both sides, the Federa ...

(5 pages) 40 0 4.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

SHiloh-Bobbie Ann Mason-Battle

eground for a major battle during the Civil War. Shiloh was a decisive, bloody battle, in which the Union army won. During the battle of Shiloh, Rebel forces attacked the federal government, and almos ... a list she has made. Things you could do, she announces. You could get a job as a guard atGolikov 5Union Carbide, where they'd let you set on a stool. You could get on at the lumberyard. You could do ...

(9 pages) 74 0 3.7 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Did civil war help or hinder the efforts of women in the american society?

onfederate Army, and Varina Davis-the wife of the president of the Confederacy-had relatives in the Union Army. They raised money, recruited soldier, and provisioned them with food and clothing. Over ...

(2 pages) 57 0 5.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History > North American Wars