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5 giorni fa · In God is our trust.” he wrote on the October 5, 1863, “What hard can befall if he is our friend.”. This diary is one of three kept by physician John Bennitt of Centreville, Michigan, describing his experience as a Civil War surgeon for the 19th Michigan Infantry Regiment. Click on the image for a closer look.
2 giorni fa · It is estimated that from 752,000 to 851,000 soldiers died during the American Civil War. This figure represents approximately 2 percent of the American population in 1860. The Battle of Gettysburg, one of the bloodiest engagements during the Civil War, resulted in about 7,000 deaths and 51,000 total casualties.
- The American Civil War was the culmination of the struggle between the advocates and opponents of slavery that dated from the founding of the Unite...
- The Union won the American Civil War. The war effectively ended in April 1865 when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered his troops to Unio...
- Important people during the American Civil War included Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, whose election prompted the seces...
- The modern usage of Confederate symbols, especially the Confederate Battle Flag and statues of Confederate leaders, is considered controversial bec...
5 giorni fa · He is agitated a lot of the time. He is a part of a unit that began with 160 men. By the end of the war, there are only twenty-some left, and he is one of them. One of his friends said, “George, you are the luckiest man I ever knew,” because he gets shot, he gets captured, but he just keeps going.
4 giorni fa · May 24, 2024 at 5:00 a.m. In 1960, I became consumed with the Civil War as America approached the 100th Anniversary of its beginning. I was 8 years old, living on Long Island, and had already read ...
1 giorno fa · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union. The central conflict leading to the war was the dispute over whether slavery ...
2 giorni fa · The Civil War by Ken Burns (first broadcast on PBS from September 23 to Thursday, September 27, 1990) The Great Battles of the Civil War (TV series 1994) Sherman's March (1986) Civil War Combat (TV Series 2000-2003) Gettysburg: 3 days of Destiny (2004) [1] 10 Days That Unexpectedly Changed Women (2006), TV, recounting the Battle of Antietam.
1 giorno fa · Ernest Miller Hemingway (/ ˈ ɜːr n ɪ s t ˈ h ɛ m ɪ ŋ w eɪ /; July 21, 1899 – July 2, 1961) was an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Best known for an economical, understated style that significantly influenced later 20th-century writers, he is often romanticized for his adventurous lifestyle, and outspoken and blunt public image.
