Timothy Webster And The American Civil War

Lewis Addison Armistead was a brigadier general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. He participated in the Mexican American War, the Mojave War, and the Civil War. Armistead’s heritage included great participation in the military of the United States and ties to Virginia during the colonial period.

It was 1861, and after a divisive presidential election, the nation was tearing itself apart. Eight states had been toran from the Union. And now, Isaac Murphy faced a choice. On May 1861, the Arkansas Secession Convention had reconvened after the battle at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. After the fall of the Union base, President Abraham Lincoln called for troops from the still-loyal states to defend the Union. For the states of the Upper South, this was too much. Shortly after Lincoln’s announcement, Virginia, which had initially voted against secession, voted to pull out. Now it was Arkansas’s turn to decide, and the delegates were pushing heavily for secession.This was not the first time that Murphy had to take a stand. He was born in 1799

Born in Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom on March 12, 1822, in a town in the Lewses District which lies at the mouth of the River Ouse on the English Channel and it was a ferry port for services to France. Later on his parents and Timothy Webster emigrated to the United States of America on August 1830 to look for a new opportunity which the United Kingdom didn’t provide for them and their son. They settled in Princeton, New Jersey where Timothy Webster started his education. As a young man, he learned to become a machinist but in the 1850s he started looking for someone else to do. First he went for a job as a New York Policemen and he did very well in that position.

Timothy Webster was born in Newhaven, East Sussex, United Kingdom on March 12 1822 in a town which lies at the mouth of the River Ouse in the English Channel which was a ferry port pointing to France.1 Later with his parents, Timothy Webster emigrated to the United States of America on August 1830 in hopes of finding a greater opportunity. They settled in Princeton, New Jersey, where Timothy Webster started his education. As a young man, he learned to become a machinist; however he decided to join the New York Police station as one of the policemen in 1850.2 Timothy was later recommended to Allen Pinkerton, a famous detective, to join his detective corps.

Of all of the law enforcement officers that we will talk about today, few are more famous than the men in this room. Eliot Ness, Elmer Irey, Harry Anslinger, and J. Edgar Hoover were all well known for taking down criminals involved in many different rackets. Eliot Ness of the Bureau of Prohibition and Elmer Irey of the IRS were particularly influential in taking down gangsters during the 1920’s and 30’s. Though Ness could not get a conviction to stick to Al Capone, he and his posse of agents were famous for being “The Untouchables”, meaning that they could not be corrupted by the criminals they chased. It helped to bring legitimacy to law enforcement that had been sorely lacking due to the many cops on the take from bootleggers. It was actually Elmer Irey and his department full of accountants that ended up saddled with Capone’s case. They were able to prove that he made over $1 million more than he had claimed on his taxes. This figure didn’t even come close to what he

Early policing in Colonial America had its beginnings in England. Police departments in America started to follow the trend. Actually, they were not police departments as we know them today. Policing in colonial America began as a night watch program of volunteers in the early 1600’s in the northern colonies, specifically in Boston. Early policing was not the same throughout the colonies. Southern colonies developed their own system of policing based on the needs of the community using watch groups and organized groups of white men known as slave patrols. The policing systems changed as the colonies grew in population, more small businesses, the development of large industries and more funding became available. “War and then revolution strained the Boston watch system…the French and Indian war 1756-1763…” (Wadman &Allison2004,p.10). The watch system in all of the colonies had similarities and differences, however none were very successful in reducing crime. New York, Boston, Charleston, Virginia, and Tennessee all suffered immense problems with their crime rate using the watch system. This was the first form of policing in colonial

William Paterson, well known for being a delegate and a senator from New Jersey, that signed the constitution. William Paterson was born in Antrim in Northern Ireland on December 24, 1745. Richard Paterson, his father, brought the family to British America. Paterson entered Princeton in 1759, at age 14. He graduated from the College of New Jersey in 1763. In 1775 he was selected as a delegate from Somerset County to the First Provincial Congress of New Jersey, where he was named secretary. After independence was declared, William Paterson was selected to be New Jersey 's first attorney general by Governor William Livingston. Following the rest of the war he successfully struggled with the monumental task of maintaining law and order during the revolutionary war. In 1779, he married Cornelia Bell; they had three kids, with the second one not making it, and the third killing the mother. He later devoted his life to law again and got remarried to Euphemia White in 1784. His long experience in state politics and administration earned him a seat on the five-person Delegation sent by New Jersey to the 1787 Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, when he brought forth the New Jersey Plan, which stated a unicameral style of government with equal representation from each state. In the debate that followed, the Great Compromise, which brought proportional representation in the House of Representatives and equal

On June 22nd 1903 John Herbert Dillinger was born to John and Mollie Dillinger . His parents ran and owned a grocery store in Indianapolis, Indiana, and at the age of three his mother died . John Dillinger’s father described his son as a “restless and aggressive” child . Beginning from a young age, the dark side of Dillinger became evident, as he created and led a gang called ‘The Dirty Dozen’ . The worst criminal act the ‘Dirty Dozen’ participated in consisted of stealing coal from the nearby railroad . As Dillinger grew older, so did the intensity of his crimes. In his teenage years Dillinger stole a car to impress a girl, and when caught he fled to the navy. According to John he was “discharged” from the navy, but records say he

A police academy was founded and the New York State police all began in 1913 when a man who was delivering payroll was murdered and robbed. Before he had passed, he described the physical features of the men who apprehended him but the police refused to retaliate and arrest the men, despite knowing where they were held up. A woman named Moyca Newell was outraged at this and began a social justice movement to form a state police to protect the people no matter where they lived in New York. As her social justice movement grew, she gained a backing in which the Wells-Mills bill was suggested and voted upon by the Senate. What this bill suggested was that a

Police in America began as the night watch system that protected cities from crime, fire, and disorder. Of course early policing was influenced by the British, and so was American Law which derived from English common law. This would also form a correlation to American policing policies that diverged from the English’s Magna Carta and as well the French. The French established a centralized government that entailed men to take an oath of loyalty. The police in America started as night watch groups, then employment changed to police officers being political appointed which was very corrupted, but throughout the years things changed again to serve the public. Instead of a political selected police force that earns it’s pay through bribes and

In the Civil War the North had many advantages over the South. The South was outnumbered, out supplied, and pushed into a corner using military tactics. Many things changed because of the Civil War. The military tactics used by the North changed how war was fought from then on. Many changes were made politically; some were only temporary, while others were permanent. After the war was over, the country was reunited and the image of the soul and duty of our country redefined.

The political Era, or the “good ol boy” era of American Policing was established in 1840, long after the establishment of the 1st watch system in Boston Massachusetts in 1631, This Era implemented, authorized and funded by the local elected political officials, the early policing concept frequently struggled with the need to be unified and

The American Civil War lasted from April 12, 1861 to May 9, 1865. It was the bloodiest war in American history, killing approximately 620,000 soldiers in total. The War was fought and won by the North, ensuring that all the United States would stay united and slavery would be illegal in The United States. However, history is one of the most complicated things in the world. It’s also one of the most important things in the world because history is what made the present possible. Historians have debated the cause of The American Civil War for over a hundred and fifty years. This is a very complicated question as history can be a matter of opinion sometimes. When looking at history, one of the most important tools you can have is written words from past men and women of the time. “It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercource with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours. God be thanked for books. They are the voices of the distant and the dead, and make us their heirs of the spiritual life of past ages.” William Ellery Channing an American preacher 1780-1842. Writings from the time will reveal the true history of the time. The writings of John C. Calhoun, Alexander Stephens, and Henry Clay, are three opinions that highlight the causes of the Civil War.

The Trent Affair was an international diplomatic incident that took place in November of 1861. This event brought the United States and Great Britain very close to war. The American Civil War was taking place during this time. On November 8th the USS San Jacinto and its Union commander Captain Charles Wilkes intercepted a British mail package from aboard the British naval vessel the RMS Trent. The confederate president Jefferson Davis used this ship in an attempt to gain support in the war against the north, The Union.

Thaddeus Stevens was a hero and a proactive politician after winning presidency in the Borough Council of Gettysburg in 1822 by publically standing up for minority groups such as the Native Americans and Jews. After becoming a member of the House of Representatives, most of his career was focused solely on the abolition of slavery, but still helped the southern states on their expenses after the Civil War loss.