In April of 1861 the Northern and Southern regions of the United States of America went to war. Many Americans fought and died, both young and old. One soldier was Orsell Cook Brown, a business student from New York who served in the Union army from 1861 to 1865. From Chautauqua County, New York, he was the son of Sam Brown who was a successful entrepreneur, and one of eight children. Though he came from a wealthy family and was on his way to study business and economics at Bryant and Stratton College
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associated with many historic events that will mark the United States. More precisely, Lincoln’s presidency is characterized by the Civil War, which started in 1861. The Civil war was mostly composed of two opponents: The North and the South (Confederate States) of the United States. The North was in favor of the abolition of slavery while the South was not. Indeed, the South’s economy mostly relied on slavery. Specifically, Lincoln is well known because of the Emancipation Proclamation that he
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The Civil War became an impending event after the fallout following the Compromise of 1850. This compromise was meant to solve the United States’ problems, but neither side got exactly what it wanted. Thus, the nation became more divided, and a civil war became increasingly unavoidable. However, the compromise might have worked if either side was less biased and more open to other ideas and settlements. Also, the book Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Written by Harriet Beecher Stowe) played a large role in the
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As I read through Rio Reventazon and Glendale and Little Five Falls I was pleasantly surprised with various action scenes on the river. However, the second chapter was devastating when Lane lost his Costa Rican guide Jeremy on a descending river that lead to Jeremy’s mystery death. There was a drastic change from the ending of chapter two to the beginning of chapter three and how Lane and his friends simply got on a plane and were back in the river the next day. Lane begins by talking about David
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Another way to look at the relationship between the candidates is to look at Lincoln the victor, in comparison to the other three candidates up for election. Breckinridge, Douglas, and Bell identified more with southern ideals than Lincoln. However Douglas hailed and represented the state of Illinois, the same as Abraham Lincoln. Another argument when comparing them all to the future sixteenth president was their individual resumes were filled with war experience, political hierarchy positions and
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Leading up to South Carolina seceding from the Union in 1860, the Union was considered a House Divided. This was a time from 1840-1861 where the issue of slavery took over and led to many disagreements on whether the Union should be completely anti-slavery or if it should allow slavery. The main cause that placed a wedge between the conflicting sides, besides slavery, was fear. The fear revolving around pro-slavery groups was the loss of profit and power. While anti-slavery groups feared going
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James Oglethorpe and other Philanthropist wanted to help debtors have a new life. Before Oglethorpe could help the debtors he needed to find land for the debtors to live, so in 1729 Dr. Thomas Bray choose trustees to help establish the land. Before they could settle in the land they needed permission. So in 1730, Oglethorpe and the trustees gave a petition for the charter to the Privy Council. The council negotiated on letting the debtors and the poor move to start a new life. Although the Privy
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The federal government had refused to arm the fort due to the growing tensions in the south and the fear of a civil war. In the beginning of the Civil War, the fort was mounted with 150 guns and stationed by Confederate troops. According to the fort’s tour guides, on January 1862, General Sherman took control of Tybee Island and began planning a siege on the fort. On April 10, 1862, Union soldiers on the coast of Tybee fired rifled cannons at the fort for a day
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union win the war. The blockade stopped the confederate from trading so they wouldn’t get the supplies they needed. Because of the blockade the confederate army lost the war to the union army. If the union didn’t have to blockade the confederate army might have won the war. The union had a strategy to win the war. The strategy was called the anaconda plan. The south didn’t get the tools and weapons they needed to win the war. Because of that the confederate didn’t have as much as the union. So they
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War was the bloodiest battle on American soil. The Civil War lasted four years 1861-1865. It was a fight against the Union Confederate States of America, and it resulted in the death of more than 620,000 also millions were injured. Three million fought in this war and 600,000 paid the price of freedom. On the Union side 110,000 were killed in action and on the Confederate side 94,000 were killed in action. The reasons why the Civil War began was because of slavery, states rights, and tariffs
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