Personal Narrative Essay: Life After The Civil War

The ball struck the stock of his gun, and then hit him on the side, near the shoulders. This was the shot that killed him. He told me that he was killed, and asked me for water, which I gave him. He died immediately after. When I heard the first shot I laid down, and the man did not see me before father was killed.

On March 17, 1863, John Mosby, now promoted to Captain, and forty of his rangers wore blue coats over their uniforms to trick the cavalry into thinking they were a relief party, having been on picket duty for forty-eight hours. Before the scouts could notice their mistake, Mosby’s Rangers attacked and captured twenty-five men of the First Vermont Cavalry, including Major William Wells who was coincidentally visiting his friend, Nat Hanna’s, wife, Kitty, while on duty to investigate complaints about the cavalry. They had captured Wells in the Hanna’s home, so a couple of weeks later, Mosby and his men rode back to apologize to Kitty for the

On this day April 9, 1865 Civil War has offically been ended. Word on the street is that Generals, Lee and Grant, met at the Appomattox Court House to discuss the terms of the surrender of Lee 's army. This terms where that Generals Ulysses Grant army would have to turn in their rifles, but they could return home immediately and keep their horses or mules and was also given food because many of them were hungry.

Jim Brady, my press secretary, who was standing next to me, wasn 't as lucky. A bullet entered the left side of his forehead, near his eye, and passed through the right side of his brain before it exited. The skills of the George Washington University medical team, plus his amazing determination and the grit and spirit of his wife, Sarah, pulled Jim through. His recovery has been remarkable, but he still lives

Caputo is informed there is two Viet Cong men preparing and trying to kill him and his men. As things go on Caputo begins to think to himself how he will get the two Viet Cong men. Caputo say aloud around his men “ I’m going to get those bastards,” (314). Caputo and his men believe they know where the two men are as Caputo has talked the men into getting after these two Viet Cong men. The men have to go to the Ville to find the men and are starting to worry if they were to get in trouble for doing something they are not supposed to do and not ordered to do.

Because her husband had two small handguns, which were concealed in the bedside table, he was able to open fire

The American civil war led to the reunion of the South and the North. But, its consequences led the Republicans to take the lead of reconstructing what the war had destroyed especially in the South because it contained larger numbers of newly freed slaves. Just after the civil war, America entered into what was called as the reconstruction era. Reconstruction refers to when “the federal government established the terms on which rebellious Southern states would be integrated back into the Union” (Watts 246). As a further matter, it also meant “the process of helping the 4 million freed slaves after the civil war [to] make the transition to freedom” (DeFord and Schwarz 96).

Post Civil War, African Americans started to gain rights to gain rights, and soon gain rights equal to whites. While there were some people/things standing in their way (KKK, Black Codes), in the end they got what they needed; Equality. Many acts and laws were passed to aid the new rights now held by African Americans, as well as the numerous people willing to help. New Amendments were added to give African Americans rights after the war, all giving them some equal rights to whites. The first of the three added was the Thirteenth Amendment, it gave African Americans freedom from slave owners, and stated that no one could be kept as a slave in the U.S..

Reconstruction era, which was followed by post-civil war, was meant to unite the states back together, reconstruct properties, and most importantly, abolish slavery in the South. Although the factors such as amendments legally freed former slaves, yet WRITE THESIS After the end of civil war in 1865, Reconstruction era, which was controlled by President Abraham Lincoln, appeared to quickly coalesce the Northern and Southern states. reconstruction amendments, which were approved between 1865 and 1870, played a huge role on giving legal rights to blacks and former slaves. 13th amendment constitutionally abolished slavery in 1865 and followed up by that, 14th and 15th amendment admitted equal citizenship, protection, and rights of suffrage despite the one’s race or skin color. Former slaves were no longer belongings of their owners.

One very moving scene shows Trip, one of the black soldiers, being whipped in front of the other men as punishment for attempting to desert to warn the other men to behave or they will face the same sentence. A sergeant says that “The prisoner is to be flogged before the entire regiment” because he tried to desert. Trip is dragged to a wagon, which will be used as a whipping post, and a sergeant takes off his coat and unties his hands as the other men crowd around to watch as commanded by their officers. His back is covered in scars from his time as a slave to signify how Shaw’s punishment is no better than it would have been in the South. Then, Shaw’s good friend, Major Forbes, who is part of the regiment and does not agree with this decision says, “Robert, not with a whip.

and still dark out when Sampson woke up to a loud explosion. He looked out his bedroom window and saw flashing police lights and fire coming from a car engine. The car was wrapped around a telephone pole right outside Sampson’s house. He walked outside and police officers were scattered everywhere. He heard a neighbor ask what happened and someone said the boy driving had stolen the car and was being chased by the police.

The primary mission for the Chemical Processing Company was to provide protective clothing for troops in case of a chemical attack. The men of the 130th were trained to operate impregnating plants,

During Vinny's questioning, Lisa comes to the same conclusion and testifies that the only vehicle that could possibly make the escape and be mistaken for Billy's 1964 Skylark may be a 1963 Pontiac Tempest with the same colour and tires. After re-calling George Wilbur as a witness to confirm this, Vinny re-calls the local sheriff, who has finished the records search. The sheriff testifies that two men resembling Billy and Stan were just arrested in another county for driving a stolen Pontiac Tempest, and were in possession of a gun of the same caliber used to kill the clerk. The defeated Trotter moves to dismiss all the charges, and the film ends

The plane crashed into an ocean and there were many injuries. After examining Thomas, doctors found 3 gunshot wounds on his belly. He was now looked at as the miracle man for surviving this breathtaking event. But, gunshot powder was also found on his belly near the wounds proving that the shot came from a close distance. Was

The lads were trapped and they knew pretty well that the old man will not give up so easily. Highly intoxicated, they were not in any mood to compromise their freedom which meant finding a way out of the tight situation they were in, and the only road out of the neighbourhood was blocked by this gutsy old man, Steven Ng Teen Cheong. It was a classic OK Corral showdown again but instead of being the famous Marshal Wyatt Earp of Tombstone, Arizona packing a six shooter firearm it was Steven Ng, the Marshal of the Rukun Tetangga base of SS 25, PJ who was armed only with a broken branch of a tree and plenty of guts. The motorbike engine revved furiously as though it was a flag off in a motorbike drag race but instead it wa only to send a stern