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10 de mai. de 2024 · Robert E. Lee commanded the Army of Northern Virginia, the most successful of the Southern armies during the American Civil War, and ultimately commanded all the Confederate armies. As the military leader of the defeated Confederacy , Lee became a symbol of the American South.
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Há 2 dias · On July 18, 1885, Grant finished his memoir, which includes the events of his life to the end of the Civil War. The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant was a critical and commercial success. Julia Grant eventually received about $450,000 in royalties (equivalent to $15,300,000 in 2023).
24 de mai. de 2024 · After his death in 1870, Lee became a cultural icon in the South and is largely hailed as one of the Civil War's greatest generals. As commander of the Army of Northern Virginia, he fought most of his battles against armies of significantly larger size, and managed to win many of them.
Há 3 dias · The Civil War is one of the most extensively studied and written about episodes in U.S. history. It was among the first wars to use industrial warfare . Railroads, the telegraph , steamships, the ironclad warship , and mass-produced weapons were all widely used during the war.
23 de mai. de 2024 · In the midst of the Civil War, stationery could just celebrate the Union. But it could also clearly delineate which site the fates were supporting. To wit: admire the way in which an angel protects the American flag while a devil hovers over the seal of Florida on the envelope below.
21 de mai. de 2024 · This treasure trove of original documents – many never-before published – creates a uniquely personal, day-by-day eyewitness account of the monumental collision at Gettysburg, in the words of the commanders, soldiers, politicians, and civilians from both the North and the South who experienced firsthand the changing course of the ...
23 de mai. de 2024 · Far from it. The Civil War is not just relevant today, McPherson suggests, but inspirational for the future, and as much for what it failed to achieve as for all that it actually did achieve. Largely viewed through a Union, in places really a Lincoln lens, McPherson’s Civil War is both purposive and substantive.
