Essays Tagged: "1861"

History of basketball

o is known world-wide as the inventor of basketball? His name is Dr. James Naismith, he was born in 1861 in Almonte, Ontario. Most people wonder were a young man would think of a game like basketball. ...

(3 pages) 90 0 4.8 Oct/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Sports

Walt Whitman's view of the Civil War

lt Whitman's 'Drum Taps' represents this ideal from start to finish. From the war's first battle in 1861 when Whitman saw the endeavor as a chance for the North to put to rest all of the turmoil the S ...

(3 pages) 142 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

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

ll Run, the first major battle of the Civil War, was fought in Virginia, near Manassas, on July 21, 1861. The main general of the Federal army was Brigadier General Irwin McDowell, whose forces consis ... Soldier's Battle. New York, New York: Oxford University Press, 1989."First Battle of Bull Run July 1861". American Civil War Online."The Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing)". Shotgun's Home of the A ...

(5 pages) 373 2 4.5 Apr/2002

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

A poetic Analysis of Archibald Lampman

Poet and philosopher Archibald Lampman (1861-1899)led not a life of his own, but an existance forced upon him by peers and anunfeeling and c ...

(6 pages) 40 0 3.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry

Abraham Lincoln and His Battle With His Cabinet

efficiency and a minimum of wanton bloodshed (Angle 659).After Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, he was forced to battle a split cabinet because of campaign promises made to various Republica ...

(2 pages) 51 0 3.0 Nov/1996

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

Causes of the Civil War

In 1861, most of the nation's thirty-one million people lived in peace on farms and in small towns. Lat ... l towns. Later on, they found this peace and trust in each other to be false, because the summer of 1861 brought on the most disturbing war America has ever faced, The Civil War. The Civil War was fou ... ke an attempt for independence rather than face being surrounded by the North politically. By March 1861, when Lincoln was inaugurated, seven states including, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Al ...

(3 pages) 167 0 4.3 Jan/1996

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

Emancipation proclamation

i, Louisiana, and Texas. The call to arms meant that every state had to choose a side. On April 17, 1861, Virginia became the eighth state to join the Confederacy. Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carol ... cy. Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina soon followed Virginia into the Confederacy. By May 20, 1861, eleven states had left the Union and joined the Confederacy.The counties in northwestern Virgi ...

(5 pages) 104 0 4.2 Nov/1996

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

The Stand of the Confederate States of America

in Congress at Montgomery,Alabama, to organize a Provisional Government, on the 4th day ofFebruary, 1861. The Hon. R. M. Barnwell, of South Carolina, wasappointed temporary chairman. Forty-three men o ... ns, of Georgia, Vice-President, were elected byunanimous vote. They were sworn in on February 18th, 1861.'(Clarke13,14)Davis, who had been elected President, actually wanted to beappointed General in ...

(6 pages) 102 0 4.7 May/1996

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Mr. Lincoln's "Coffe Mill"

nd of the war, in 1865, war technology and strategy, such as trench warfare, was centuries ahead of 1861.One of the earlier inventions, the machine gun was first demonstrated to Lincoln on June 24, 18 ... arding the reaches of Washington DC. These guns were mounted on light artillery carriages. Later in 1861 McClellan wanted to buy fifty Gatling guns, but he was afraid they would not work or blow up, s ...

(9 pages) 47 0 3.5 May/1996

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Compare and Contrast Poetry by Robert Browning

on, Pen, later in 1849.Robert did not become recognized as a poet, until after Elizabeth's death in 1861. After which, he was honoured for the rest of his life as a literary figure.Robert is perhaps b ...

(14 pages) 241 0 3.9 Jun/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Poetry

American Civil War

rthern states of the American union against the Southern states. The war raged for four years, from 1861 to 1865, and was marked by some of the fiercest military campaigns in modern history. In this e ... s. The South responded by seceding from the union and founding the Confederate States of America in 1861. The first state to secede was South Carolina, on December 20, 1860. Mississippi, Florida, Alab ...

(2 pages) 162 1 4.5 Jan/1996

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

The Diary of a women's experience throughout the Civil War..

border of the United States of America and to her the United States is her home and country now.By 1861, Sarah Emma Edmonds had a new name. She traveled all over the West selling bibles using the nam ... enlist into the Union Army as a male named Frank Thompson. It took her four tried but on April 25, 1861, Sarah Edmonds (a.k.a. Frank Thompson) was finally enlisted into the Second Volunteers of the U ...

(16 pages) 98 0 3.9 Sep/2002

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

This is an essay which describes the life of a serf in Russia. It is written in three journal entries.

Serfdom in Russia25/02/1861Like always, today was a very boring and frustrating day. I thought a lot of things today. I thi ... ss that today was a very hard day because I was treated badly and one of my best friends died.27/04/1861Approximately two months passed before I had the opportunity to write a journal again. These day ... ng for sure- it was better not to talk and think about it because at last it was only a rumor.23/05/1861Today was the best day of my life! When I was about to start working, a friend came towards me s ...

(2 pages) 40 1 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

The Gold Rush in Alaska and Yukon

the eleven gold discoveries in the northern territories of Alaska (USA) and Yukon (Canada) between 1861 and 1899. Since the Klondike showered the stampeders (people who took part in the Klondike gold ...

(6 pages) 71 0 3.5 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Comparing the first chapters of: Catcher in the Rye and Great Expectations

nd Great expectations: by Charles Dickens. Great expectations was first published in serial form in 1861 and is written in standard English with many colloquial and archaic words. As with catcher in t ...

(3 pages) 31 0 4.0 Nov/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Causes of the 1917 russian revolution

cial class in Russia at this time were the poor. 80% were peasants and 4% were urban workers. Until 1861 the peasants had been serfs owned by masters, but they had been freed and allocated a share of ...

(10 pages) 167 0 3.8 Nov/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers

This is a brief discription of the German Unification

stant and looked up to Prussia while the southern states were Catholic and looked up to Austria. In 1861 William I took the throne in Prussia, he then appointed Otto von Bismark as the Chancellor. Bis ...

(2 pages) 57 0 4.3 Dec/2002

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History > German History

An essay that talks about the life of Lewis Carroll

ugby School. He graduated from Christ Church College Oxford in 1854. Carroll took Deacons orders in 1861, but was never ordained a priest. He believed preaching was difficult so he ascertained other i ...

(2 pages) 41 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith

Abraham Lincoln the Man. What were his achievements?

he greatest political figure in United States history. He was elected to Presidency on February 11, 1861, during very difficult times, where major issues were uprising and due for a massive explosion ...

(3 pages) 131 0 3.1 Dec/2002

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

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.

Run was the first major battle of the Civil War, was fought in Virginia, near Manassas, on July 21, 1861. The main general of the Federal army was Brigadier General Irwin McDowell, whose forces consis ...

(2 pages) 54 0 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History