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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History