Soldiers that fight for our country sadly are not noticed by some of the people who live outside of the war. ... " Many people might think that soldiers who come back are rich, but it does not work that way. ... As time goes on, soldiers begin to live their live by losing interest and hope in the world. ... Being financially abused and having disorders are standards on why an old soldier suffers. ... Soldiers need to be taught how to make good financial decisions if they get a job so they will not fall back into the homeless category. ...

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The racist attitudes of many people left whites with low expectations for the black soldiers. ... Douglas and Lincoln had gotten to spend some good time together over the years and Lincoln had developed a sense of trust with Douglas. ... The long awaiting black soldiers charged onto the beach in the midst of hectic gunfire. ... The Confederates outnumbered Union soldiers three to one and when Union soldiers ran out of ammunition, it left them with no other option but to retreat. ... The body of Shaw was buried by Confederate soldiers in a mass grave. ...

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As she knelt down to give one soldier a drink, she felt her sleeve quiver. ... "What could I do but go with them (Civil War soldiers), or work for them and my country? ... He wore a general soldier uniform with only a pair of shoulder-straps to designate his rank. ... The president was in a fine mood on this Good Friday evening, after the surrender of General Robert E. ... Several soldiers carried the Lincoln across the street to a house and placed him on a bed. ...

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The regular army had never enrolled black soldiers. ... August 1962 the War Department authorized the enlistment of contrabands as soldiers. ... Sometimes the South would execute captured black soldiers and their officers. ... At least 38,000 black soldiers died. ... This paper was and 85 so you might have to make some changes good luck and i hope that this paper helped you.I. ...

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This was a good step toward the freeing of the slaves. ... Shortly after their occupation, confederate soldiers demanded they surrender the fort. ... However, Lincoln underestimated the power of the confederate soldiers and they overtook the fort handily. ... Abraham also drafted 75,000 soldiers to fight for the union army. ...

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Lincoln does not necessarily want this war to be going on, but he does not want what all these soldiers have died for to be in vain. ... Again, Lincoln shows the up most respect for the soldiers and that they have given the ultimate gift to their country, which were their lives. ... He thinks this is the ultimate thing a person can do, and is thankful for the soldiers doing it. ... He felt the fighting was doing more harm then it ever could good. ...

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Some felt that independence from Great Britain was a good thing, while others believed that becoming independent from the "mother country" would be treason and the end of the colonies. ... Britain had thousands more soldiers than the colonies, and they were better equipped and prepared than the colonist volunteer soldiers. ... While the barefoot, starving American soldiers were doing their best to hold off the redcoats, they were failing. ...

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This battle, Battle of Antietam, proved to be the bloodiest day of the war because more than 13,000 Confederates and 12,000 Union soldiers were killed in this battle. ... He understood that the North had advantages over the South in terms of soldiers and supplies. ... Starving soldiers began to desert Lee's forces. ... Before the real business, both of them were talking about other things rather than the Civil War and they seemed like good friends. ... The great war was over, but that didn't mean any good because millions of free slaves and white people found themselves w...

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It was an indecisive battle but it decisively defined Grant as a soldier. ... An old friend of Grant's, general Buckner, commanded the confederate soldiers at Fort Donelson. ... The former tanner living in obscurity, was now the supreme commander of all union soldiers. ... Veteran northern soldiers wondered aloud what "Bobby- Lee would do to their new general from the west. ... Here, behind earthen works, the confederates slaughtered the on-rushing union soldiers. ...

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We have soldiers over in Iraq right now risking their lives so that we the people of the United State may not only have simple freedoms but that we may go about a day without having to be worried about having the church we attend on Sunday to be bombed because some other country does not approve of our religion. ... This is not, however, always a good thing. ...

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To show how much the south disliked and loathed their neighbors, they proposed to secede for good if a republican assumes the 1860 presidential election. ... Ironically, there were no human casualties reported; yet, in truth, the soldiers would see how much it costs to be in a war. ... Casualties are in the thousands as soldiers are now experiencing the cost of war. Notwithstanding the routine drills, marching back and forth, and sickness, the soldiers continued on their quest to stand until the very end. ... On July 1-3 1863, The Battle of Gettysburg was fought with 23,000 Confederate and 28...

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Lee saw combat at the siege of Veracruz, an important seaport needed by the Americans in their war with Mexico. 2 For his leadership during the siege General Scott quoted saying Lee was "the very best soldier I saw in the field". ... During his tenure in the military during the Mexican campaign, Jackson developed a strong Christian belief in Calvinism. 13This Calvinistic belief means that everything is predetermined by God and that man is utterly depraved, i.e., all human actions, whether "good" or "bad" can never gain God's favor because the relationship between humanity and Go...

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Ohio Leaders in the Civil War Ohio played an intricate role during the Civil War. The contributions toward the conflict were very impressive. Ohio had many eligible men serving in the military forces who participated in nearly every battle of the war. Military leadership proved substantial in numb...

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Lincoln was a good choice for a president during this time of secession. ... As they were marching through Baltimore, they met some resistance, rioters, and at the end innocent people and soldiers laid dead. ... The north possessed all the good factories to build adequate ships for war. ...

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Introduction John Wilkes Booth shot Abraham Lincoln in the back of the head at approximately 10:15 on Good Friday evening of April 14, 1865 while the nation's sixteenth President sat in a private box at Washington's Ford's Theater watching a performance of the humorous Our American Cousin. ... Booth was never officially arrested for the assassination of President Lincoln because a soldier, with the orders to take the killer alive, violated his orders and gunned down Booth. The soldier who claimed that he shot Booth, Boston Corbett, was never punished for disobeying h...

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Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809 in Kentucky. Abraham Lincoln grew up working on farms with his father. At the time the Lincoln family did not have money for the children to go to school. Abraham was very interested in education and bettering himself. He would barrowed books from his ne...

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Introduction The American Civi War was inevitable. Though efforts had been made by those from the northern states to stop it, the majority of southerners were adamant that war was a necessary means to an end. Though northerners didn't want to go to war, they couldn't do anything but retaliate after ...

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Surratt-didn't know about the conspiracy but she helped deliver messages and supplies such as guns-first woman hanged in US history Sam Arnold-ex-confederate soldier- Union store clerk-dropped out of the conspiracy-tried for conspiracy and convicted-later freed in 1869 Others Andrew Johnson- Lincoln's VP-Tennessee native-common man-poor drinker-Lincoln never really saw much of him-poor leader-died in 1875 Edwin McMasters Stanton-Secretary of War- important to Lincoln-warned Lincoln not to make public appearances-loyal, stubborn, hard working, emotional, hated-perfecti...

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