Also, many Irishmen who fought in the war were honored as brilliant soldiers and some even becoming ranking officers. ... Many Irish were decorated soldiers and quite a few had become ranking officials. ... Another notable Irish military leader was "in Confederate gray, Patrick Cleburne, who was born in County Cork, Ireland, and Immigrated to the United State in 1849" (Glazier 156). ...
He promised a full apology to each person in the Confederate States except for high-ranking political and military officers. ... These established military districts in the South and required the Southern states' acceptance of the 14th and 15th Amendments to the Constitution to ensure the Freedmen's Bureau. ... The southern states would be ruled by the military until all new laws and provisions set forth below were enforced. ...
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...
The Rise of "Unconditional Surrender- Grant He sat opposite the impeccably dressed Lee, in plain clothes and muddy boots. His overall appearance did little to suggest that he was the highest ranking general in the union army. How such an unlikely hero attained this position then managed to outma...
