In the gray light of dawn, April 6, 1862, a small Federal reconnaissance discovered Johnston's army deployed for battle astride the Corinth road just a mile beyond the forward Federal camps. ... The Union troops finally established a line at an area known as the "Sunken Road". ... Under protection of the cannons the Rebel troops were able to move in and take the sunken road. ... This battle paved the road for Sherman's march to Savannah, which led to the ending of the war....

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Originally this tariff was to help pay for internal improvements, such as roads, canals, and lighthouses. ... The National Road was a major internal improvement that began in 1811 and by 1838 it extended from Cumberland, Maryland to Vandalia, Illinois. ...

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The Confederate line was on a road that became known as the Bloody Lane. After the fight the Union troops fought the Confederates out of the road, but there werent enough Union troops that can go any farther so McClellan chose to hold back reinforcements that might have overwhelmed the Confederates. ...

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100 Years of Solitude Just as Edmund Spenser believes in "the ever-whirling wheel of Change; that which all mortal things doth sway,"" so too does Gabriel Garcí Márquez. In One Hundred Years of Solitude, Colonel Aureliano Buendí experiences life and the changes which accompany it. Spenser vie...

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The state legislatures gave state aid to railroad and road builders to rebuild the railroad and build new roads. The companies that were suppose to complete the process did not and the states paid for roads and railroads that they did not get. ...

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Sectionalism would arise during this time due to differences in agreement over such topics as protective tariffs, the construction of roads ad canals, states rights and slavery. ... Roads and canals, while heavily favored by the north because of their need for transportation of manufactured goods, were not so wanted by the south who saw no benefit from these. ...

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The Other Civil War History describes the civil war as a bloody battle between Americans fought on the farmlands of American soil. However, there was another type of civil war that took place, that many people perhaps overlooked. A war between tenants and their tyrannical landlords whose greed c...

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I read the Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, which was written to about the harsh Civil War realities. The novel begins with an army that is along a bank and seems that they will never leave camp. All the soldiers are very frustrated because they had been waiting a long time for some action. Then...

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Amanda White 3/26/02 S.F.A S.S 5-106 Harriet Tubman The legendary Harriet Tubman was known far and wide for her achievements. She was born in 1820 on a plantation in Maryland. She and her family were slaves. She guided many slaves through the underground railroad with the help of others. ...

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Reparations, according to New Webster's Dictionary, is an amends for a wrong doing or for causing an injury. Presently many African-Americans, who are descendents of African slaves, are asking for reparations from the United States government. Basically they want money from the United States for th...

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In order to appreciate having an African American president, you have to understand that the road from the plantation "Big House" to the White House was a road paved with the blood, sweat, and tears of African slaves. ...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to se...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to se...

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In the late 1840s and early 1850s, sectional struggles were renewed as northerners and southerners debated over issues concerning the acquisition of territories and the expansion of slavery into such territories. Southern fears mounted at the prospect of a free Mexican Cession territory. Facing a crisis, the federal government vainly attempted to achieve a balance between the regions. The Compromise of 1850 infuriated the South, as it greatly tipped the scales in favor of the North. Four years later, the Kansas-Nebraska Act was much more divisive, splitting the Democratic Party according to se...

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With the conclusion of the Civil War after the battle of Appomattox Court house, a new era had dawned. Soon after, President Lincoln was gunned down and assassinated in Ford's Theatre, by a Southern supporter and actor, John Wilkes Booth. Chaos quickly spread and the nation's stability was still uns...

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Following the presidential election of Abraham Lincoln, the southern states felt the need to secede from the union. This action would wage in a bloody four year war that would end with the surrender of General Robert E. Lee in the Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. At the close of the American Civil...

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Gen. Robert E. Lee Robert E. Lee accomplished many things in his life since his birth in 1807. Many of these accomplishments have had an impact on the world today. Lee was a respected man, even during the Civil war the president and the opposing side (Union) admired him. General Robert E. Lee was...

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The idea of manifest destiny was one of the most significant factors in expanding America. Manifest destiny was the belief that the United States goal was to expand westward. The Americans wanted to expand from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean. Since Americans wanted to accomplish this goal o...

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Reconstruction was the time period after the Civil War. It was a plan to "reconstruct" the South; hence its name, and join the Union while giving African Americans more freedom. Though the idea theoretically was a good plan, it had variables act upon it that were not completely expected. Because of ...

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Nothing Like It In The World: The Men Who Built The Transcontinental Railroad 1863-1869, was written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published bye Simon and Schuster; Rockefeller Center, 1230 Ave. of the Americas, New York, NY 10020, Copyrighted in 2000. Summarizing this book is very difficult because you...

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Two of Ewell's divisions marched west to Cashtown then turned south on Carlisle and Harrisburg roads toward Gettysburg. All the while, Union forces under Major General Oliver Howard raced to the Baltimore Pike and Taneytown Road. ...

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The Gilded Age was a time when there was a rapid economic growth that generated vast wealth. New products and technologies improved middle-class quality of life. Industrial workers and farmers did not share in this new prosperity however, and worked long hours in dangerous condition for low pay. The...

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Throughout the 1850's she became one of the Underground Road's most active conductor by making repeated journeys into slave territory, and leading over 300 other fugitives, including her parents, to freedom. ...

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There were many reasons why the South wanted to secede but the main reason had to do with the North's view on slavery. There were a few reasons other then the slavery issue, that the South disagreed on and that persuaded them to ceded from the Union. The North favored a loose interpretation of the...

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The Scent of War In the mid 1800's war was in the air. It was a smell, a feeling; it was spreading like a disease and everyone was catching it. It drove people to different decisions on the same idea and this led to trouble. Trouble usually means war, and war means political craziness. A...

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