During the civil war there were many assassination attempts,on many different people, most important too. There was a man named Abraham Lincoln who had 5 assassination attempts on him during his life. There was a man that goes by the name of Abraham Lincoln he was born on February 12, 1809. He was a self-taught lawyer, legislator and vocal opponent of slavery, in november, 1860 he was elected for the 16th president of the United States, shortly before the outbreak of the Civil War. Lincoln
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On April 15, 1871 he became marshal of Abilene, succeeding in the office to Tom "Bear River" Smith, who was murdered on November 2, 1870. However, Hickok fraternized with the outlaw John Wesley Hardin, who passed through Abilene in 1871. In his 1895 biography, published after his death, 19 years after Hickock, Hardin claimed to have disarmed Hickok using a known trick during a failed attempt to arrest him in a saloon, caused by his refusal to be disarmed. This story is generally considered apocryphal
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attribute of cautiousness and his assumption that the Confederates had as many as one hundred thousand men willfully defending Sharpsburg, Maryland, it caused him to question his attack and delayed the barrage for an entire day. Although the union withheld their assault, General McClellan still sent 1st Corps across Antietam creek to probe the enemy position. General Meads Division of the Union cautiously attacked General Hood’s position of the Confederate Army near the eastern woods. As darkness fell
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Jourdon Anderson was, I’m sure very happy with the end of the Civil War, and the fact that it brought him, and other members of his family their freedom from their masters. In the letter he wrote to Colonel P.H. Anderson, he was very descriptive on the horrific events that occurred while living on Colonel P.H. Anderson’s plantation. He mentions the time that Colonel P.H. Anderson shot at him twice for leaving his property, the horrible treatment they received while living and working there, especially
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Unlike other presidents before him, Abraham Lincoln also included God into the execution of his Presidency. Originally raised Baptist, the impending war, and death of his youngest son while in office, allowed Lincoln to connect with God. A ‘born-again’ Christian, his second inaugural address was packed with biblical allusions and scriptural references. The two most important references derive from Genesis 3:19 and Matthew 7:1 that tie together the Old and New Testament, respectively. Exhibiting the
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After the Civil War, the South entered an era of unbalanced happiness. Houses and business buildings that once stood now laid on the floor, either after having been burned or collapsed from the state they were in. About 2.5 billion dollars in human property had been lost.Railroads and Factories had been destroyed. Cities such as Atlanta and Columbia had been nearly burnt to the ground. Reconstruction was necessary indeed. Since newly
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terrible time in America’s history, where brother fought against brother and father fought alongside son leading to the inescapable slaughter and bloodshed. When Antietam took place, the splitting of America was very likely and with one more decisive confederate victory it would have been inevitable and America would’ve been forever separate. Antietam halted this split and ultimately led to America staying together and ending up stronger than ever before. Miller’s cornfield, the sunken road, and the bridge
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reconstruction had so many failures, it also had many successes because, with every failure eventually comes success. When President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, it resulted in the freeing of over 3 million slaves in the confederate states! This then lead to the now former slaves enlisting in the army. There were almost 200,000 former slaves enlisted! Because they had so many new comers to the army this made it a little more obvious that the North would probably win the
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concerning the outcome of the war. The idea was that the Civil War for the south was an inevitable defeat from the start. The South never really had a chance to win due to the overwhelming circumstances and advantages of the North, but since the confederates were loyal to the cause they fought a hopeless struggle to preserve their honor. This unfortunately, resulted in a shattering defeat for the South. The question of why this mindset was born brings up more questions like, “Why did the South feel
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the field, serving with importance under General Winfield Scott. Jackson spent 10 years as a professor of artillery tactics and natural philosophy at the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. A skilled military tactician, he then served as a Confederate general under Robert E. Lee in the American Civil War, leading troops at Manassas, Antietam and Fredericksburg. Stonewall Jackson later was chosen to lead the Confederacy after Robert E. Lee during the U.S. Civil War. His importance marked him not
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