Civil War Project

Civil War ProjectBy Sam QuachDecember 23rd,2010War is Hell.Date: Sept. 22nd,1864Origin: Headquarters Military Division of the Mississippi in the Field.Summary: William Tecumseh Sherman wrote a letter to the mayor and city council of Atlanta about how he agrees with the letter he received on the 11th, but he wants not only peace in Atlanta, but in all of America too. He then goes on about describing how Atlanta should not be used for war-like purposes since it is not compatible with families and homes. He describes war as cruelty and it cannot be refined. Stopping war will mean peace and quiet at home. He says pride is what drives war. He ends the letter by saying that the lives of people and peace are in their hands.Analysis: I found interesting about this letter was that he was not like most people during that time. He did not have the same pride that drove everyone else into thinking that theyre almighty and cant be stopped, so they go fourth with war and expand. Sherman wanted peace not only for one state, but for every state and everyone living in it. No, there was not any signs of bias because he did agree with what the mayor wrote to him, but prefers peace over war. He does consider war somewhat right, but not the answer to everything. The Civil War event that occurred for the message Sherman gives is in Sept. 1864, when he was going to burn Atlanta but had everyone evacuate. It connects to my knowledge of the Civil War because most people believed war was good and it resolves everything and I was waiting for one person to oppose war and say its not the answer to everything and support peace. This is when I read this letter and it all came to me. He was one of those wiser men that knew what was going on during that time.-William T. Sherman

Harpers Weekly of April 13th,1861Author: Harper & BrothersDate: April 13th, 1861Origin: Clerks Office, District of Columbia, New York.Summary: Front page describes a lady by the name of Mrs. General Gaines. She won a case and it gave her great wealth. Next pages talks about someones view on Daniel Webster at Point Isabel, Texas. Third page talked about Slave murders and letters slave owners who had wrote about what happened. Last three pages included scenes from St. Pickens, Abraham Lincoln illustrations that portrayed him and a slave family on the last page.Analysis: What I found interesting that there was a lot going on around the Civil War, besides the Civil War. A lady winning a case was pretty much an eye-catcher for me because you dont always see a woman winning a court case and becoming very wealthy. There was not any bias but different opinions by other people. They brought in different views that made this newspaper fun to read. The only event that this relates too is Daniel Webster at Point Isabel. It sort of brings this newspaper some spiffiness and interestingness. This newspaper was among some interesting ones I read because I didnt know a lot of gossip happened during those time periods. I always thought it would be boring, but after reading about Gaines winning a case, Daniel Webster, illustrations of Lincoln and about slaves, it really did catch my attention and became something interesting I wouldnt mind reading if they were still publishing.

Bombardment of Fort SumterAuthor: Currier & Ives (Liberty of Congress.)Date: Bombardment on April 12th-13th, 1861.Date of lithograph only dated around 1861.Description: Bombardment happened in Charleston Harbor, it signaled the start of the Civil War. Analysis: What I found interesting about this picture is how elaborated it was and how it sort of looks exaggerated just a bit. What stuck out the most to me was what seems to be airplanes. Im not really sure if they had such sophisticated airplanes back then. This was a Civil War event, this triggered the Civil War. The bombardment of Fort Sumter was an event that started the Civil War. This picture was the start of the whole Civil War. One little( Big) bombardment caused a HUGE war. I found this symbolic because it was a signal of a great fall. Everything before your eyes will sink. Nothing good will come of it.

Battle Hymn of the RepublicAuthor: Julia Ward HoweDate: November 1862.Origin: Derived from, John Browns body. Inspired when she heard it at areview of the troops on Uptons Hill of Virginia.Analysis: The song was meant to uplift soldiers spirits. It before was a sad song that came from John Browns Body. It was too depressing for soldiers to sing, so Howe was inspired to make a more uplifting song that would fuel the soldiers spirit with pride. Not only did this inspire Howe to write the poem but also when Confederates suddenly attacked them during an interview and her carriage was surrounded by the soldiers and they began singing, John Browns Body. This relates to the Civil War because theyre still at the beginning of the war and it was a song to power up the soldiers to fight their best. They have something worth doing and they cant surrender now.Battle Hymn of the Republic

Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword, His truth is marching on.

(Chorus)Glory, Glory Hallelujah, Glory, Glory Hallelujah,Glory, Glory Hallelujah, His truth is marching on.

I have seen Him in the watch fires of a hundred circling camps;They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps;I can read his righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps,His day is marching on. (Chorus)

I have read a fiery gospel write in burnished rows of steel: "As ye deal with My contemners, so with you My Grace shall deal;Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel,Since God is marching on." (Chorus)

He has sounded forth the trumpet that shall never call retreat;He is sifting out the hearts of men before His Judgement Seat;Oh! be swift, my soul, to answer Him, be jubilant, my feet!Our God is marching on. (Chorus)

In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea,With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me;As He died to make men holy, let us die to make men free,While God is marching on. (Chorus)

Julia Ward HoweCitationsSherman, William T. "Why the North Must Fight."The Civil War: The North. 94-97. Print.

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Lupher, Antonio. "Civil War Music : Battle Hymn of the Republic."Civil War Music : Civil War Songs, Music, Fife & Drum Music, Photographs, and More. Web. 23 Dec. 2010. .

Battle Hymn of the RepublicJohn Philip SousaStars and Stripes Forever, track 041999Classical140832.05eng - Made with RealJukebox (tm)