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winteryknight.com
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| | | | | My favorite book about the American Revolutionary war by far is called "1776". It's written by famous historian David McCullough. The part of the book that really stuck out to me was the Battle of Trenton. I think that this battle really defines the essential character of America, as seen in the decision-making of its... | |
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| | | | | The story of the Doan Gang is a reminder that not every American colonial was fighting for independence during the American Revolution. In the USA today, our national origin story has becomea self-servinglegend which has grown to encompass a political and social outlook that still influences our present-day politics. According to this myth, the whole... | |
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| | | | | The Fourth of July has always been an important day in the U.S. It marks the day in 1776 when the colonies issued the Declaration of Independence from the British Empire. A new nation was born, at least for a little while. In 1861 that nation was torn apart by a bloody Civil War that saw its turning point on another fourth of July, that of 1863. On that day the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg on the Mississippi River surrendered to General Ulysses S. Grant. The Union army had been trying to take it since the beginning of the war. The fortified city was the key to the Mississippi River. If the North could control the river it would cut ... | |
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| | | Fifth Iowa Cavalry History "My object in war was to exhaust Lee's army. I was obliged to sacrifice men to do it. I have been called a butcher. Well, I never spared lives to gain an object; but then I gained it, and I knew it was the only way." General Ulysses S. Grant In... | ||
