Callum shouldered his sack, eyes focused on the back of the man before him, trying not to think about the ache in his feet, the soreness of his back, the grime that layered his body. “Just keep marching, keep moving” Callum repeated in his head like a mantra.
Callum could see in the distance beyond the trees the faint outlines of green hills. Hills that he last remembered were bathed in red and flesh. Over a year has passed since the First Battle of Bull Run and so much as changed since then. With a lack of manpower and volunteers, the Confederacy issued a draft for all men of age. Of course, Callum could have bought his way out of the draft, if it were not for his rat bastard of a father. Said war would put some hair on his chest - that it would be good for him and then refused to cover the draft fees.
So here Callum was, trudging alongside several thousand men under General Lee’s command. The Union has been trying to gain control of Virginia since the very inception of the war. After Virginia joined the Confederacy, it was rewarded with the Confederate capitol in Richmond due to its industry and factories. His hometown was the only large-scale industrial city in the Confederacy. Having the capitol and the bulk of the army here allowed for easy restocking of supplies. It was a logistically sound move, but also a dangerous one.
Virginia lies at the border of the Confederacy and the Union, not even a hundred miles south of the Union’s capital in Washington. Losing
The book opens with a squad of soldiers running a tactical control point just outside of a village called Yusufiyah. They are approached when a man Abu Muhammad had found his cousins family brutally murdered not too far off. Sgt. Tony Yribe and 3 others went to go investigate it. Although it was a terrible scene Sgt. Yribe had just assumed that it was like most other situations in Iraq in that the family was a victim of Iraqis attacking other Iraqis. The one thing that bothered him was that there was a shotgun shell and Iraqis do not normally use shotguns.
Nothing got saved, with the battles that fought deep in the mountains all the way to the Atlantic coast. Virginia experienced a long history that began before the Civil War. When the Revolution had ended at Yorktown, and the names of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Henry were known
4. The capital of the Confederacy is Richmond, Virginia. They would allow it to be taken if it was to be exchanged for another capital.
First, this part of the plan was a battle to forcefully occupy Richmond, Virginia, the political, military capital of the Confederacy. Second, a battle known as the Seven Days’ Battles took place in Richmond, Virginia from June 25, 1862, to July 1, 1862. Third The Union's army in this battle was led by George B. McClellan, while the South was led by Robert E. Lee. Robert E. Lee is regarded as a military genius and was recruited by both the Confederacy and The Union. Fourth, the United States wanted Richmond because it was the heart of the Confederacy. Without Richmond, the Confederacy might cease to exist. However, The Union failed to capture the Confederates capital. Despite the South suffering heavier casualties, McClellan's army was forced to
Vicksburg was a strategic point of the greatest importance. Situated on a high bluff overlooking a hairpin turn of the Mississippi River, it was known as the “Gibraltar of the Confederacy.” Confederate President Jefferson Davis called it the nail head that holds the South’s two
The Union believed that if they defeated the Confederacy no further attacks would be carried out. In addition, President Lincoln aimed to re-establish Federal law in the Southern states that had seceded from the nation. He also wanted the Union Army to stop Confederate legislators from meeting in the new Southern capitol of Richmond, Virginia. President Lincoln believed that this would bring a speedy end to the war. BG Beauregard held a strong position in Manassas Junction. Manassas offered railroad access which would lead to the center of Virginia, by way of Orange and Alexandria Railroads. It was essential that Beauregard was able to maintain this position.
and taken over the Union capital and win the war. But because of the amount of men lost on the Confederate side, the Confederate officials agreed to not invade the North again to avoid any more significant losses. This forced the Confederates to move back down to the South and try and set up a good defense. It was a challenge for the South to make a good defense and regain a good stand against the Union because of the number of men lost, including high ranking officers killed, wounded, or missing in action, and the lack of supplies of the soldiers. This lack of supplies was a result of the Union attacks on the European supply ships sailing towards the South for trade. As a result of these tough times, the motivation and passion to keep fighting was steadily decreasing in the South. This loss of motivation can be felt through a letter written by General Lee to the Confederate President Jefferson Davis where he tries to resign from the army as he fears it is coming to an end. (Document C) Most of the battles from then on ended up in a Union victory which led to General Lee surrendering causing the North to win the war. While the Confederates were trying to recover from the Battle of Gettysburg, this victory gave the North a huge boost in
Rehnquist would “often draft his own opinion and then tried to bring everyone around.”(Tobin 180)
The battle of Gettysburg was considered the turning point of the Civil War because it exposed many of the country’s flaws. The U.S. Civil War was a conflict between the Union(North) and the Confederacy(South). The Battle of Gettysburg was a specific conflict that happened when the two armies initially collided at Gettysburg on July 1, 1863, as Lee urgently concentrated his forces there, his objective being to engage the Union army and destroy it. This battle ends with a Union victory, and causes shock to much of the South. This was the first time Confederate General Lee “lost” a battle.
The Confederacy had been on a winning streak. Things were starting to look bleak for the Union. The Confederates were now done defending Virginia, and pushing into Union territory. This had all started out when the Confederacy had defeated the Union officer John Pope at Second Bull Run. John Pope had been stationed at Manassas, waiting for more forces by his fellow officer, George McClellan, when a fraction of a Confederate division, the Army of Northern Virginia,
“I am told the ground shook, that the skies were full of light and explosions,” Pittacus Lore said in the book I am Number Four (6). I am Number Four by Pittacus Lore is a book about a group called the Loric and their clashes with the Mogadorians, the main character, John is a Garde which is a race of Loric that has special powers called legacies. Also the Garde are much more advanced than the humans because of their extreme strength and Intellect. Also, Henri John 's Cepan, which is a guard of the Garde and are used to protect the Garde and to ensure that the Garde’s legacies develop. When they move to Ohio a strange series of events happened. In I am Number Four there are many unique characteristics that make it such a good book such as its Futuristic setting, its cautious mood and it 's hopeful theme.
Jalapeno bagels is about a boy named Pablo whom cannot decide what to take to school for International Day. He wants to bring something from his parents’ baker. He wants something that represent his heritage but he cannot decide what to bring. His mother who is Mexican baked pan dulce and change bars. His father who is Jewish baked bagels and challah. Both of the bake good were good but while helping his parents with the bakery on Sunday morning, Pablo made a decision on what to bring. He decided to bring jalapeno bagels because they are a mixture both of his parents and just like him too. The multicultural representations in the story line is Mexican and Jewish. The pictures that were drawn in the book, the family has the same color of skin even though the parents are different cultures and the main character is mixed. There were no different skin colors.
A romantic drama film is a genre that explores the difficult aspects that come with love. The plot usually includes two people that are in love that can’t be together the way they want to be due to obstacles. The obstacles in a romantic drama film can include a family 's disapproval, to forbidden love, to one 's own psychological restrictions. The Notebook is a movie based on a best-selling novel that was written by author Nicholas Sparks. This is a love story that is composed of a series of obstacles between two young people that are madly in love with each other. It perfectly fits and displays the criteria for a successful romantic drama film because it includes the complexity of love, and elicits emotions.
Throughout the context of “Bless Me Ultima,” it is evident that there are many motifs and examples of dichotomy. I believe that Anaya uses the previously mentioned elements of literature in order to provoke his readers’ thinking and help embody a struggle of understanding the world we live in. Motifs in this novel include: family, dreams, religion, education, and the list continues. For examples of dichotomy, the idea of good versus evil is the most vivid in this novel.
When first reading Kate Chopin's "Story of an Hour," one may not typically be surprised at its ending, write it off as one of those creepy "back from the dead" horror stories and forget about it. There is more to this story than simply horror. The author is making a very strong, however subtle, statement towards humanity and women's rights. Through subtle symbolism, Kate Chopin shows how marriage is more like a confining role of servitude rather than a loving partnership.