Jeb Stuart understood the art of war quite well and played his role effectively. ... Many historians believe that "his Shenandoah Valley operation of 1862, which put those principles into practice, had been judged as near to perfect as any similar campaign in military history-. 14 During this campaign, Jackson ruined McClellan's military plans and maneuvered past Frémont and McDowell. ...

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What Is Manifest Destiny? In 1845, an influential magazine editor by the name of John L. O"Sullivan wrote in the "U.S. Magazine and Editorial Review" regarding the annexation of Texas as a new state. Explaining the American thirst for expansion that had existed from the day of its creation in 1776 and even before then, he wrote: "...the right of our MANIFEST DESTINY to over spread and to possess the whole of the continent which providence h as given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and federal development of self government entrusted to us. ...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

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The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as other names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Among the 34 states in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, and although they claimed thirteen states and additional western territories, the Confederacy was never diplomatically recogni...

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