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- 3181: The Battle Of Gettysburg
- ... the nearly spent bluecoats, and a defensive line on Cemetery Hill, including Culps Hill was secured. On Day One, the Union Army had fought better than they had ever fought before. This record was short-lived however, for on Day 2 uncommonly desperate fighting would be commonplace. Meade himself arrived at the battle a few minutes after midnight, July 2. This sixth and final commander of Union forces at Gettysburg would ...
- 3182: Runaways And The Abolition Movement: The Underground Railroad
- ... enslaved Africans and Native Americans sought refuge in Spanish Florida which accorded them liberty. This act indeed posed a threat t o White settlers in nearby British, French, Danish, and Dutch territories. African runaways often lived and intermarried with Native American groups such as the Creeks and Muscogee who provided them protection. Eventually this group of peoples became known as the "Seminoles" (a Native American word meaning runaway). Hundreds of African ...
- 3183: The Assassination Of Abraham Lincoln
- ... that operated on Lincoln after he was shot. Improper medical procedures played an important role in his death. The derringer, the weapon used to shoot Lincoln, is a relatively weak weapon. Hence, Lincoln may have lived if the doctors had not improperly operated on him, he may have survived. The two surgeons present have different stories as to where the bullet lodged. The surgeon that was operating used his unsterilized finger ...
- 3184: Women Of The Civil War
- ... stronger. Bibliography Boyd, Belle. Belle Boyd, In Camp and Prison. London: Saunders, Otely & Company, 1865. Faust, Drew Gilpin. Mother's of Invention. London: University of North Carolina Press, 1996. Sullivan, Walter. The War the Women Lived. Nashville: J.S.Sanders & Company, 1995.
- 3185: Conditions Of The Slaves As They Were Brought To America And Why Slavery Thrived In The South
- ... the voyage. The survivors were known as the middle passage. Slaves were sold in small groups in Virginia and Maryland. After walking to a clearing in the woods they were given familiar-looking tools. They lived in single-roomed cabins at the end of the tobacco or cornfields. These cabins were usually miles away from their masters house. A white overseer would sleep in one of the cabins with the slaves ...
- 3186: Life In The British Colonies
- ... cities grew because of this trade. A plantation is when farmes planted cash crops on large tracks of land along waterways. They had many buildings. The main building was the plant house. Servants and slaves lived in small buildings. The kitchen was in a separate building. There were sheds for storing crops. There were barns for livestock. There were carpenter and blacksmith shops. Plantation owners would send their products with a ...
- 3187: Jews In America And Their History
- ... with gold." They were wrong. Because of this intercontinental migration, the social characterization of Jews in America changed drastically. Before the move, the largest group in the early eighteenth century were the Sephardic Jews. They lived in the coastal cities as merchants, artisans, and shippers. The Jews who predominately spoke German came to America over 100 years later, and quickly spread out over the land. Starting as peddlers, they moved up ...
- 3188: The 1800s Were A Tumultuous Time For The US
- ... second, after he had cleared the city of it's people and he had his men rested he started his famous march to the sea. He cut himself off from his supplies so his men lived on what they stole. what they didn't steal they burned and destroyed. It was 400 wiles from Atlanta to Savanah where his trek would eventually end. There was a path 60 miles wide of ...
- 3189: The Tribulations Of Sharecrop Farmers
- ... to the repair list (Walker pg. 46). Travelers were also able to notice that in the 1930's that doors and windows of farmers homes were rarely screened(Jones 55). The shoddy houses that they lived in could not be helped, but it did not improve there defenses against disease. Being so open to disease by the housing, it was no surprise that various illnesses struck the south with a vengeance ...
- 3190: Thesis: Show How Mexico Lost An Enormous Territory To The U.S. In 1848.
- ... Spanish- speaking people living in the California and New Mexico territory. The Amerindians, of whom had a population of 300,000 in 1821, diminished when the Mexican government sold the church lands, at which they lived and worked in, to ranch owners. Amerindians were required to work under exceedingly harsh conditions, and 60,000 had died. By 1870, the population of Amerindians was only 17,000. The decision for Mexico to ...
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