A Victory for the North, A Victory for Equality

Mia Price American Literature

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The Fugitive Slave Law: Progress or Backtracking?: Dear Editor,

turn any slaves that escaped within the United States territory to their owners. This act, one of the most controversial acts in the nineteenth century, were eventually replaced by Congress in 1864. In my opinion, these acts were some of the harshest and unfair acts of all time. Even when slaves thought there was a possibility of an escape to freedom, it was snatch away from them by Congress. Along with that, even the people who assisted the runway slaves, under the Fugitive Slave Act, would be held responsible for helping the runaway slaves. While the Fugitive Slave Acts were signs of going backwards in the slavery fight, I believe they were helpful because they caused people to fight longer and harder for freedom.

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Special points of interest:

Review of Frederick Douglass Autobiography Recap of the Battle of Carthage New Miniature Train Released

According to History.com, The Fugitive Slave Acts were a pair of federal laws that allowed for the capture and return of runaway slaves within the territory of the United States. When these acts were passed by Congress in 1793, they required that local governments capture and re-

Inside this issue:

Biography on Ambrose Pierce America During the Civil War The Battle of Carthage The Burning of Atlanta Shermans March to the Sea Abraham Lincolns Assassination 3 3

The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass: Dear Editor,

In an excerpt of The Autobiography of Frederick Douglass, Douglass describes an altercation which occurred between him and his masters, Mr. Covey, Hughes, and Bill. This excerpt shows the determination and the hardships that had to be overcome just to receive a little respect from slave masters. I believe this is a great example of the obstacles and strengths slaves had to overcome and grow during the times of slavery.

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Ambrose Bierce
Ambrose Bierce, author of An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, was born June 24th, 1842 in Horse Cave Creek. The tenth of thirteen children, Bierce was never sentimental towards his parents. When fifteen, Bierce left his home, then in Indiana, to pursue a job at Northern Indianian. After that job, he went and lived with an uncle, who encouraged Bierce to begin attending the Kentucky Military Institute. After enrolling, he studied architecture, history, Latin, and political science for a year. When completing that year at the institute, he left and began bouncing between jobs. When the Civil War began in America, Bierce became a part of the Ninth Indiana Infantry. For four years following the beginning of the civil war (1861), he travelled and fought in many well-known battles. After getting shot in the head and suffering from dizziness from blackouts, Bierce resigned. This injury gave him many ideas for his short stories, including A Son of Gods, The Coup de Grace, A Horseman in the Sky, and An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge. After resigning, he settled on the west coast in California and married Mary Ellen Day and had three children. When receiving fame for his pieces, he and his wife separated in 1888 and his son died in 1901. As he grieved after outliving two of his three children, he travelled to old battlegrounds he fought on. His journeys led to Texas and Mexico. In December of 1913, Bierce mysteriously Ambrose Bierce disappeared.

America During the Civil War

Before the civil war began, the Election of 1860 occurred , with an outcome of Abraham Lincoln as President. This presidency caused much controversy and is debated to be one of the reasons that the Civil War broke out. America during the Civil War was a very confusing and dangerous place to be. While there were only certain marked battles, battles were fought in thousands of places. During this war, over 2 million soldiers fought

The power of noble deeds is to be preserved and passed on to the future. -- Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
on the side of the United States, while the Confederate States had a little over 1 million soldiers fighting. Out of those

over 3 million soldiers, approximately 620, 000 soldiers died, the American soldiers to die in war ever in history. However, contrary to many beliefs, majority of the soldiers involved in the war died from disease do to shortage of medicine and the un-advanced health care.

The Battle of Carthage

The Battle of Carthage, which occurred on July 5th, 1861, was on of the early engagements during the Civil War. The Battle of Carthage was a somewhat mobile battle, spreading over 10 miles. Cornel Franz Sigel and his 1,110 armed soldiers were armed and ready to battle againt Governor Claiborne Jacksons 4000 armed soldiers and 2000 unarmed soldiers. The deadliest battles occurred at crossings of Dry Fork Creek, Buck Branch, and Spring River. After the fighting was done, the North only suffered 44 casualties while the South suffered 200 causalities. Surprisingly, the South were victorious in this battle.

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The Burning of Atlanta

The Battle of Atlanta, which occured on July 22nd, 1864, was an attempted attack on Maj. Gen. James B. McPhersons army by John Bell Hood. Before the battle began, Hood sent William Hardee with his corps to hit the unprotected Union. Hoods corps were to attack farther out on Shermans supply line, while General Frank Cheatham was supposed to attack from the front. However, miscalculations were down, and Hardee could not attack until later. Although the Confederate soldiers had winning intentions, multiple attacking tactics, the Union came out victorious. After the evacuation of Atlanta, Sherman burned majority of the buildings , whether they were military or not. After the Burning of Atlanta, Sherman headed south to Savannah ad began Shermans March to the Sea.

Shermans March to the Sea

From November 15th and December 21st, 1864, the Union General William T. Sherman led around 60,000 soldiers on a march of 285 miles from Atlanta, Georgia to Savannah, Georgia. This march had the purpose of scaring the Georgian civilizations into abandoning the Confederate ways. While Sherman and his soldiers did not destroy any towns in their path, they did steal food and livestock. They also burned houses and barns of those who

make old and young, rich and poor, feel the hard hand of war William T. Sherman

attempted to fight back. Sherman described the march as smashing things to the sea.

The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

On April 14th, 1865, John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Fords Theatre in Washington, D.C. After fatally shooting President Lincoln, Booth leaped onto the stage and ran out the back door. A doctor who was in the audience rushed over to aid the paralyzed Lincoln, who was then carried across the street to Petersens Boarding House. Early the next morning, he died. The reason for this assassination, which was the first president assassination in U. S. history, was to aid the south. However, it had the opposite effect, causing uproars. Eventually, all three involve in the assassination were caught. John Wilkes Booth was shot while trying to escape the Union soldiers.

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