Glory shows the reality of the Civil War through the eyes of both, Colonel Shaw, and African American soldiers, to put forth the message of the brutality and harshness of the war. For the most part, Glory takes the perspective of the Civil War from Colonel Robert Shaw’s standpoint, the main character, to show the audience…
The Shiloh National Military Park was established on the 27th of December in 1894 to commemorate the battle that occurred around the Shiloh Church dating from April 6th to April 7th of 1862 consisting of more than a total of 23,000 casualties making it the largest battle in the Mississippi Valley campaign during the Civil War. In early 1862, US forces won victories in regions of Kentucky and Tennessee which paved a path for invasion to disassemble Confederate rail communications along important railroads, Memphis & Charleston and Mobile & Ohio. With this conflict, the Confederate commander, General Albert Sidney Johnston, arrived to protect the rail communications by scattering his forces around the town of Corinth. The opposing side, the Federal,…
Early morning yesterday, April 6, 1862, nearly 44,000 Confederate soldiers lead by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston attacked unsuspecting Union soldiers at ground near the log church Shiloh Meeting House at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River under cover of surrounding forest. The Confederate offensive drove surprised Federal forces from their camps, nearly triumphing over Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant’s command of 40,000. Federals refused to surrender and Rebels soon became disorganized; by afternoon, Union soldiers had definitively and heroically established a battle line at the sunken road, known as the “Hornet’s Nest.” Rebel attacks were unsuccessful until massed artillery helped Confederates gain the upper hand as they surrounded Union…
The Battle of Shiloh ended with the Union victorious and left with some hope for the rest of the war. The two days of brutal fighting ended up killing about 24,000 soldiers. This battle made America realize that this war would not be ending anytime soon, and many of their friends and family members may be killed. Overall, although the Battle of Shiloh was a huge bloodshed to both sides of the war, it is a noteworthy battle that we still remember…
The Importance of the Civil War The Civil War in 50 Objects, by Henry Holzer and the New-York Historical Society, is a collection of fifty primary sources, varying in type and format. Each of these objects is accompanied by a description of the source, as well as a story which establishes the source in the proper context in history. Through the sources Holzer shows the importance of the Civil War, especially for the people who lived through it. The Civil War transformed the United States in many ways, bringing lasting change to our nation, and establishing the war as important to everyone in the country, even up to today.…
Reading this book, Bitterly Divided: The South’s Inner Civil War, has shed a new sort of light on the way that I view the Civil War. My whole life, all I’ve learned in history class after history class is that the Civil War was a war fought between the North and the South over ending slavery. However, this war was something that was so much more than that. Just from this book, I’ve learned that the Civil War wasn’t just a war that separated North and South, but also a war that caused a whole other war that we never hear about, the Civil War within the South.…
The Civil War was a devastating war that wiped out much of America’s population. The book written by James M. McPherson, What They Fought For 1861-1865, describes the views of the soldiers that fought in the war. McPherson uses letters left behind written by different civil war soldiers to portray a more round view of actions that took place on the battlegrounds. McPherson’s thesis does not present from both sides of the war what the soldiers, volunteers and enlisted men, of the Civil War had to faced, how they dealt with their emotions and experiences, the bond made between comrades, and how it affect their overall psychological, physical, and mental well-being of each combatant. This book contains diary entries from Union soldiers that were from the northern states.…
James McPherson’s What They Fought For shows readers an inside look of what Civil War soldiers experienced on the frontline. McPherson does this by using diary and handwritten letters soldiers would send home. “The principle sources for that book, and this one, are the personal letters and diaries written by soldiers during their war experience.” (1).…
There is no doubt that the Civil War was one of the bloodiest and most grueling times in American History, most notably on American soil. From April 12th 1861, Americans, both Union and Confederate, were exposed to an astonishing number of grueling and terrible scenes on the fields of battle. Fueled by personal belief and strong pride in their states and organizations, these men were subject to a incalculable amount of moral and ethical dilemmas. Constantly harassed by the guerrilla warfare, characterized by ambushes, surprise raids, and irregular styles of combat of the Confederate army, it’s Partisan Rangers, and un-uniformed citizens, the Union soldiers and leadership were forced to create a policy to govern how to process these individuals…
The Battle of Shiloh On a nice day, alongside the bank of the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing, Ulysses S. Grants soldiers were relaxing. They were enjoying their selves, and at the point where they did not have a care since it was a hot day. They walked around barefooted, their buttons unbutton, sleeves rolled up, wrote a Illinois volunteer (Sword). What was about to happen on April 6, 1862, in Shiloh, Tennessee would be a surprise to Ulysses S. Grants soldiers.…
It was not only the first major battle of the Union and Confederate Armies, but it was also the Union’s first loss. The battle took place on 21 July 1861 and it referred as the battle of Manassas, however, became known as the Battle of the Bull Run due to meander stream where the battle took placed named Bull Run. It is important to point out that the battle was in repercussion from the attack of the Confederates Armies at Fort Sumter on 12 April 1861 near Charlestown South Carolina, “this is known as the beginning of the Civil War.” As a result, then-President Abraham Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to support the fight against the rebellion of the Confederate Army, to his surprise the number of volunteers surpassed that amount; however,…
The Civil War or “War between the states” (page 26) is a historical American event like no other that has been over for nearly 150 years. Most Americans are under the notion the Civil War is over and done with where, other Americans believe the war is still being fought today. In Tony Horwitz’s book “Confederates in the Attic” he explores the impact the American Civil War has on the modern day south, and just why southerners in particular still care so much about the Civil War? After reading “Confederates in the Attic” I believe there are a three main reasons the south still cares about the Civil War so much. They are defending southern pride and heritage, a way of defying against the federalist north, and an escape from ones everyday life.…
It shows how these young men have been victimized by an ideology that some individuals still carry and believe. People do not realize what soldiers have to endure in battle. Additionally, it shows the remarkable connection that the soldiers have with one another. Soldiers fight for the same ideals and with the same passion for the sake of their land and glory. Of course, there is a price for this glory—destruction and loss of lives.…
A rich man 's war, and a poor man 's fight.” The Civil War The Civil War was the bloodiest war ever fought by Americans, and against fellow Americans. Several horrific battles highlighted America’s most gruesome history such as the Battles of Antietam and Gettysburg which drastically raised the body count due to the desperate battle plans and attacks carried out by hundreds to thousands of men sent to their deaths on suicide runs.…
The Civil War was a pivotal moment in the United States’s history being a high point in a sectional discord that’s affects have continued to be evident in several issues in today’s society. As most wars, there’s at least two decidedly divided and biased sides to the story. With two perspectives coming from one country America had to decide how they wanted to remember this war. Being such a complex dispute with two very distinct viewpoints, each side had their personal view on the reasons for the war, the events throughout the war, and the effectiveness of reconstruction. Through extensive measures by multiple people, each side go their story out and shaped how others viewed the war decades after the fact, no matter how contrasting these memories…