Battle of Waterloo

the day that gives birth to a season filled with warmth and life? Memorial Day is not to be a day of mourning, but a day of reverent celebration. We honor all those who served for our country to protect our nation. Since 1846, when the people of Waterloo, New York brought their flags to half mast and decorated their village to remember the Soldiers who died during the Civil War, our nation has paid tribute to those lives of all service men and women who have fallen in the line of duty.…

Lincoln's two speeches, "The Gettysburg Address" and "Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation" are two different speeches but are related and hold relevance together. Both are during great hardship in the United states as we are enduring a brutal civil war. Lincoln two powerful speeches are delivered using with different tactics from each other. In the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln uses an Ethos appeal to draw the crowd in emotionally and gather support to end the war. In the Emancipation…

I cannot believe how many soldiers have come in from the battlefield. I think at this point it must be on the upwards of 5,000 soldiers with casualties. The battle of Antietam Creek sure is a bloody one. What a shame. My care to the wounded can only go so far. Amputation after amputation it only gets harder and harder to see the intense pain they go through. One soldier came in with a bullet wound above the elbow. He asked me, already knowing the answer, “What can you do to save it” All I could…

The Overland Campaign, also known as Grant's Overland Campaign and the Wilderness Campaign, was a series of battles fought in Virginia during May and June 1864, in the American Civil War. The first war in the Overland Campaign was the Battle of the Wilderness.Midnight on May 3-4, 1864, the Army of the Potomac and the Independent Ninth Corps, with approximately 120,000 men, left camps in Culpeper County and headed south toward the Rapidan River fords. They fought in the dense thickets known as…

sculpture represents the guardian angel watching the soldier. The angel’s left leg is up and the right leg is near the tree branch by the owl which indicates the angel is flying. The broken sword in which the soldier is carrying represents defeat in battle. The emotional element that Mercie’ use in the angel’s armor with the Lion in the center creates a feeling of inner strength, courage and protection. The Lion is known for its courageous strength and fearless animal. The soldier is naked with…

Code of Honor among the Spartans and Greeks in the 300 In Greek mythology the 300 Spartans and Greeks have their epic battle against the Persians at Thermopylae or the “hot gate” and died heroically against a huge army. This made an incredible movie in the 21st century, but the epic itself is rooted in an even more incredible Greek history with characters with strong and powerful emotions and standpoints. This story portrays the incredible honor of the Spartan people and why they hold a place…

Movie clip: The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - The Cure of Theoden Amongst a vast plain lies the bustling city of Rohan. This city not alike others as it houses the greatest riders in all the lands and a grand wooden hall that houses the king of all Rohan; King Theoden. On most days people would go about their own humble business and avoid conflict within the city. This was not like most days. A entourage of two men (Gandalf and Aragorn), an elf (Legolas) and a dwarf (Gimli). Each with…

While both In Dubious Battle and Uncle Tom’s Children present communism as a mode of social progress, Wright’s focus is undeniably racial and subtly more hopeful. In a 1944 essay for The Atlantic Monthly, he wrote about his communist enlightenment: “It was not the economics of…

Shakespeare’s Play Henry V My paper is going to discuss various genres in Shakespeare's Henry V; majorly it's going to be centered on tragedy, comedy, and history. Besides, it also going to discuss some themes, symbols, and motifs. Be that as it may, in turning into an extraordinary ruler, Henry is compelled to act in a way that, where he as a typical man, may appear to be corrupt and even indefensible. With a specific end goal to reinforce the solidness of his position of…

On December 15, after a long five day fight the Confederacy won a great victory. The Union suffered just under 13,000 casualties to the Confederacy's 5,300. At the outset of the battle Union general, Ambrose Burnside tried to cross Rappahannock River but was delayed because of the wait for pontoons to arrive, which took 10 days. When they finally did arrive and they started to build along the river, the Union army faced great resistance from Mississippians. Burnside ordered the town to be…