The Author and Her Time Nelle Harper Lee was born on April 28, 1962 in Monroeville, Alabama. ... Lee, a general of the civil war. ... Harper Lee submitted her novel, To Kill a Mocking Bird, in 1957. ... In June of 1966, President Johnson named Harper Lee to the National Council of Arts. ... "Harper Lee did not live to see her 50th birthday, but her remarkable novel which continued the best traditions of the American authors who wrote about America's South - Mark Twain, William Faulkner, Erskine Caldwell and many others - will forever belong in the treasure of pro...

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Lee Robert E. ... He would often tell his son about the exciting events that happened when he was fighting side by side with George Washington. ... He helped stop John Brown from raiding Harper's Ferry and distributing the weapons to the African American slaves. ... Lee made his decision. ... General Lee lead the attack. ...

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Lee led about 55,000 troops. ... Lee divided his army and send half of them with General Stonewall Jackson to Harpers Ferry. ... On September 15 Union force surrendered to Jackson at Harpers Ferry.Jackson left with his troops and joined Lee while General A.P Hill stayed behind to oversee the Union army. ... Finally, he closed on Lee, but just as Burnside approached Lee, General Hills troops arrived from Harpers Ferry and they pushed Burnside back toward Antietam Creek. ... About 3,000 of them died from the wounds. ...

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It was five laws passed to resolve issues about slavery in the crisis of 1850. ... This settlement somehow aggravated the problem between the North and the South in congress about the balance of free and slave states, then later on lead to South secession from the Union. ... The second principal cause was John Brown's Raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. ... The Battle of Gettysburg was Lee's second attempt to invade the North. ... Lee brought his 60,000 troops into the Union territory in hope to receive acknowledgment from the British and France. ...

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Slavery was like a cancer that spread through the United States around 1619, and ended about 1865. ... At about the same time of the American Revolution, abolitionists started appearing around America. ... Hoping to establish a base in the mountains to which slaves could flee, he decided to attack Harpers Ferry. ... Lee arrived at Harpers Ferry. ...

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But many times, the Irish's accomplishments are forgotten about and their past is spotted with feelings of hatred. ... The number of Irish that joined the Union Army was about 150,000 men (Glazier, 153). ... He led his troops into battle with an emerald green flag with a large golden harp in its center, celebrating their heritage even in the midst of death. ... On April 9, at the Appmoattox Court House, General Lee surrendered his army to Ulysses S. ... It was composed of about 730 soldiers who were either Irish-born or first-generation Irish-Americans (Glazier 156). ...

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The Civil War has a history of strong tensions between two sides and many disputes about life and politics of Americans residing on new land. ... The first set off the Civil War took place when John Brown, a white abolitionist took upon himself to free the slaves by setting a raid on Harpers Ferry a year prior to Lincoln's election.4 As the Union Army was trying to gain control over Fort Sumter, the first shots of the Civil War was fired. 5 The North held many advantages over the South during the Civil War. ... The South contained a military tradition that which had high encouragement f...

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From the anti-slavery perspective, the issue was primarily about whether the system of slavery was an anachronistic evil that was incompatible with Republicanism in the United States. ... Previous regional independence movements such as the Greek revolt in the Ottoman Empire, division, and division in the Latin American political map, and the British-French Crimean triumph leading to an interest in redrawing Europe along cultural differences, all conspired to make for a time of upheaval and uncertainty about the basis of the nation-state. ...

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Another situation was the raid at Harpers Ferry. ... Lee. ... Virginia had long been undecided about which side to join. ... When the Civil War began, about 22 million people lived in the North. ... The South had only about 1 million white men from 15 through 40. ...

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In 1831, Turner and from 60 to 70 other slaves killed about 60 whites in Virginia. ... In addition, angry whites killed about 100 innocent slaves. ... Brown, with only eighteen men, five of whom were Negroes, attacked and captured the federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, W. ... Lee. ... Although her career was short, it set the stage for the African American women speakers who followed: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper, Sojourner Truth, and Harriet Tubman, among others. ...

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