At first she refused to say her real name but as she lay there dying she consented to dictate a telegram to her father. It said, "Forgive your dying daughter. I have but a few moments to live. ... I expect to deliver my country but the fates would not have it so. I am content to die. ...
"What could I do but go with them (Civil War soldiers), or work for them and my country? ... Lincoln died the next morning from the wound. ... The President died at 7:22am the next morning. The first lady lay on a bed in an adjoining room overwhelmed with shock and grief. ... Lincoln's body will be transferred to Springfield Illinois to be buried with his young son Willie who died in the White House of typhoid fever in 1862. ...
The American Civil War I. ... Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. ... He was scraping together an army with every resource he could lay his hands on, but at best would only be able to muster about 30,000 men. ... Lincoln made his intentions very clear: "I am full of the bloodshed. ... I want no one punished, treat them liberally all around. ...
The American Civil War I. ... Never before and not since have so many Americans died in battle. ... He was scraping together an army with every resource he could lay his hands on, but at best would only be able to muster about 30,000 men. ... Lincoln made his intentions very clear: "I am full of the bloodshed. ... I want no one punished, treat them liberally all around. ...
Charles Hamilton, a quite and shy boy tells Scarlett, "I-I love you...I want to marry you"(109), which is something that probably would not have come out of Charles at that time except for the the confusion in his head. ... The streets of Atlanta became a frightful scene, "panic lay just below the surface"(307). ... Her mother had died, her sisters were ill, and her father was losing his mind when Scarlett returned. ...
In one of her most popular poems, "On Beings Brought from Africa to America," Wheatley writes 'Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land, Taught me benighted soul to understand That there's a god, that there's a savior too: Once I redemption neither sought nor knew Some view our sable race with scornful eye, "Their color is a diabolic die." ... She recognizes that many whites believed Africans' dark skin color was representative of the devil, as she refers to what many whites see as "diabolic die." Here, die is another spelling for what we now call dye. ...
While I haven't concluded to this point Mosby's stance in the battles of Virginia, I do find it surprising that a man with such little beginning military interest came to be a colonel! Personally, I find his behavior odd. ... Personally, I would say herein lays the start of Mosby's Raiders in future battles; more on that later. I would be remiss if I failed to mention that it is here at Harpers Ferry where Mosby indicates John Browns presence at Harpers Ferry with his militia of anti-slavery abolitionists seemed monomaniac as there were few slaves in the region at the time. ... ...
The American Civil War Jack Ellyatt, part of the Union Army, lay peacefully on the hard rocks of Cemetery Hill. ... Most men came and died leaving the Battle of Gettysburg with more than 20,000 dead or wounded. ... Sherman wired President Lincoln, "I beg to present you the city of Savannah as a Christmas gift." ...
While attempting to fight with native weapons against a heavily armed American society many to most native's that fought, had died in attempt to save their land. ... The Indians were forced to move a place where they didn't want to and were told to leave or die. ... Between the Missouri River and California there lay plains, mountains, and desert ready for development. ... I ranked them number three on my list because I feel that they did favor more then women and slaves, but favored differently in different areas. I believe if they would have stuck together then they would have a...
