April 12, 1864 marks the date that the Fort Pillow massacre took place, the massacre occurred during the American civil war . It took place in Fort Pillow along the Mississippi river in Henning, Tennessee. It was an act of the Southern indignation towards the North’s choice to use Black soldiers in the war. From the onset of the conflicts, the Confederate faced the dilemma of how to treat Black soldiers captured during battle; whether to treat them as slaves in rebellion or, as prisoners of war as the Union suggested. Controversy arose in relation to the massacre of African- American soldiers who had surrendered, and whether the confederate Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest condoned this inhumane act.
In 1861, Fort Pillow was built by the Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow and was utilized by both sides during war . It was located 40 miles North of Memphis. It was an important part of the Confederate's defense system until its capture by federal forces in 1862. It was abandoned by the Confederates, and the Union forces occupied it on two occasions. The Union forces occupied the Fort and protected it. The Fort became a target for the confederates led by the Major General Nathan Bedford Forrest in April 1864 . The General launched a raid in Kentucky and western Tennessee with the aim of capturing federal prisoners and disrupting the Union’s supply channels. He was very determined to gain control of Fort pillow which was at the time being held by a battalion of approximately 600 men, half of whom were black soldiers. The first two significant engagements were, the Battle of Paducah which took place in March 25, Forrest’s troops caused a lot of damage to the town and its military supplies .
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...arliest valid industrial wars. The use of advanced transportation such as railroads, steam ships among others and mass produced artillery were of the hallmarks of this war.
Reconstruction was one the events that began during the war after the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863 and ended in 1877 . Its aim was to provide measures aimed at finding methods to end the war. The most important methods were the three reconstruction amendments to be made in the constitution. The amendments would bring an end to slavery, secure the union’s victory in the war hence reuniting the Union and to guarantee the ex-confederates a republican form of government. However the Compromise of 1876 marked the end of reconstruction. Reconstruction was a time of important social, economic and political change. Therefore, overthrowing left future generations with the problem of racial justice.
Factories in Europe mass produced the materials that were needed for war; they produced guns, tanks ,airplanes ,automobiles ,ammunition and replacement parts needed for the war effort. Industrialisation helped the war effort tremendously, by producing the goods that were needed for the war. Without Industrialization, the weapons for the war wouldn’t be easily accessible. The soldiers were getting many supplies that they needed from factories.
...p;The bombardment had lasted thirty-six hours, and over 3,000 shot and shell had been hurled at the fort. The evacuation of the fort took place the following day on April 14, 1861. The fort had been evacuate, not surrendered. Before the evacuation the citizens of Taunton Mass. had voted Maj. Anderson an elegant sword. New York gave him the freedom of the city in a gold box. Finally, on June 6, 1861, the Chamber of Commerce of New York ordered the execution of a series of medals to be presented to Maj. Anderson and to each man of the garrison. (www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-fort-sumter.html)
Both sides wanted Kentucky but recognized that the first to cross its borders risked losing popular support. Confederate Brigadier General Gideon J. Pillow rashly seized Columbus, Kentucky, on the Mississippi River bluffs, a move that appalled President Jefferson Davis, who first ordered Pillow to withdraw, then allowed him to stay when he realized that the deed could not be reversed. Grant, commanding at Cairo, Illinois, then occupied Paducah at the mouth of the Tennessee and Smithland at the mouth of the Cumberland, strategic points neglected by General Gideon Pillow.
Reconstruction is the period of rebuilding the south that succeeded the Civil War (1861-1865). This period of time is set by the question now what? The Union won the war and most of the south was destroyed. Devastation, buildings turned into crumbles and lost crops. The South was drowning in poverty. To worsen the situation there were thousands of ex-slaves that were set free by the Emancipation Proclamation and the 13 Amendment. "All these ex-slaves", Dr. Susan Walens commented, "and no place to put them," The ex-slaves weren't just homeless but they had no rights, unlike white man. The government and congress had to solve the issues present in the south and the whole nation in order to re-establish the South. These issues were economical, social and political. The United States had presidential and congressional reconstruction. Reconstruction was a failure, a great attempt to unify the nation. It was a failure due to the events that took place during this period.
World War Warfare was one of the greatest examples of technological advancement and strategic challenge, with the introduction of inventions such as the aircraft and the tank the battlefield transformed from attrition as scene in the early years of the war to decisive by the end of the war.
Reconstruction is known as the period after the Civil war. The whole country was separated in two, people didn’t know what to do, the south was completely destroyed, and there were a lot of decisions to be made by the president. It lasted four years, and there was over half a million casualties between the union (North) and the confederate states (South). The north was declared the winner of the war after General Lee surrender in the Appomattox court house on April 9, 1865. The causes of the war was the secession of several southern states, they argued that it was up to them and it was in their rights to decide whether they should make slavery legal or illegal in their own boundaries. But the Union had other things in mind, the union wanted to decide whether or not the states were going to have slaves. This was just to make sure the country was equal on slavery and non-slavery on both sides, but states thought the union was abusing their power and being too strict on them, and that is when they decided to secede. The first state to secede was south Carolina, then they were followed by six other states, among those states were Florida, Texas, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. These states got together and created the confederate states of America in February 4, 1861, and the president was Jefferson Davis, they also made a government similar to the one of the U.S. Constitution.
One of the darkest times in American history was the conflict with the natives. A “war” fought with lies and brute force, the eviction and genocide of Native Americans still remains one of the most controversial topics when the subject of morality comes up. Perhaps one of the most egregious events to come of this atrocity was the Sand Creek Massacre. On the morning of November 29th, 1864, under the command of Colonel John Chivington, 700 members of the Colorado Volunteer Cavalry raped, looted, and killed the members of a Cheyenne tribe (Brown 86-94). Hearing the story of Sand Creek, one of the most horrific acts in American History, begs the question: Who were the savages?
Reconstruction was the time period following the Civil War, which lasted from 1865 to 1877, in which the United States began to rebuild. The term can also refer to the process the federal government used to readmit the defeated Confederate states to the Union. While all aspects of Reconstruction were not successful, the main goal of the time period was carried out, making Reconstruction over all successful. During this time, the Confederate states were readmitted to the Union, the thirteenth, fourteenth, and fifteenth amendments were ratified, and African Americans were freed from slavery and able to start new lives.
The Civil war could very easily be known as one of the greatest tragedies in United States history. After the Civil War, the people of The United States had so much anger and hatred towards each other and the government that 11 Southern states seceded from the Nation and parted into two pieces. The Nation split into either the Northern abolitionist or the Southern planation farmers. The Reconstruction era was meant to be exactly how the name announces it to be. It was a time for the United States to fix the broken pieces the war had caused allowing the country to mend together and unite once again. The point of Reconstruction was to establish unity between the states and to also create and protect the civil rights of the former slaves. Although Reconstruction failed in many aspects such as the upraise in white supremacy and racism, the reconstruction era was a time the United States took a lead in the direction of race equality.
I think that the Indian version of the Massacre at Sand Creek was most persuasive to me. In 1851, the tribes went to Fort Laramie to make a Treaty with the United States government along with all the plains tribes. The Cheyenne and Arapaho tribes were recognized as the occupiers of most of eastern Colorado. This land was claimed by these tribes, and in return they would let the white people access the trails through their land. That treaty only lasted 10 years. In 1861 a new treaty was formed called the treaty of Fort Wise, which put them on a smaller piece of land on the Arkansas River in southeastern Colorado. This land was a big sand field with no food, so when they went out to hunt and get food a lot of the conflict was because they went out of there
The Reconstruction implemented by Congress, which lasted from 1866 to 1877, was aimed at reorganizing the Southern states after the Civil War, providing the means for readmitting them into the Union, and defining the means by which whites and blacks could live together in a nonslave society. The South, however, saw Reconstruction as a humiliating, even vengeful imposition and did not welcome it.
While visiting the battlefield I knew there were two major parts of the battle I wanted to discuss, the Battle at the Crater and the part that African-American soldiers played in the battle. After the initial attack on Petersburg that lasted until June 19, 1864, some of IX Corps picket line set up four hundred feet from Eliot’s Salient, which was a part of the main Confederate line. The Union soldiers then created a plan to construct an explosive mine under the salient to surprise the Confederates and hopefully shorten the siege. After weeks of planning and preparing the mine, it was exploded at 4:45 a.m. on July 30th. The Crater was 130 feet long, 60 feet wide, and 30 feet deep, only an incredible explosion could leave such a hole. 352 Confederate soldiers were killed in the blast, disorienting the outnumbered
The year is 1876 and Reconstruction is in process. Reconstruction is the rebuilding of the South. Now that the Civil War was over, the United States was creating enough opportunities that all Americans could pursue their hopes for happiness. This was an important era in American history. This showed how Americans were back then and how their decisions affected the United States of America. The South ended Reconstruction because of the KKK, racism, and lawless fear.
As the Civil War drew to an end in 1865, plans were being made for the economic, social, and political reconstruction of a region that faced war and many years of racism. It was a time in which the United States would put the broken pieces back together and the Southern states would rejoin the Union. Reconstruction involved many political leaders, goals, and accomplishments. Its outcome can be argued as both a success and failure.
Reconstruction has been brutally murdered! For a little over a decade after the Civil War, the victorious North launched a campaign of social, economic, and political recovery in South. Martial law was also implemented in the South. Eventually, the North hoped to admit the territory in the former Confederacy back into the United States as states. The 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments freed the African Americans, made them citizens, and gave them the right to vote. Despite this, Reconstruction was unfortunately cut short in 1877. The North killed Recosntruction because of racism, negligence, and distractions.