Search results
1 day ago · The island was originally named Isla de los Alcatraces, or Isle of the Pelicans, by Spanish explorer Juan Manuel de Ayala, who sailed through the bay in 1775. Before bank robbers and gangsters ...
5 days ago · During the Civil War, Alcatraz transformed into a military fortress equipped with formidable defences to safeguard the bay against potential threats. Its strategic location made it an ideal stronghold, commanding views of the surrounding waters and serving as a deterrent to enemy forces.
1 day ago · At the beginning of the war, the grand strategy of the Confederate states was a "defensive strategy": gaining military and economic aid from European countries, demoralizing the North's will to wage and continue the war, and defending the South at its borders.
1 day ago · The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"). The Confederacy had been formed by states that had seceded from the Union.
17 hours ago · Ulysses S. Grant (born Hiram Ulysses Grant; [b] April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American military officer and politician who served as the 18th president of the United States from 1869 to 1877. As commanding general, Grant led the Union Army to victory in the American Civil War in 1865 and briefly served as U.S. secretary of war.
4 days ago · Historian Eric Foner explains why the Fugitive Slave Act was such a divisive political act and a turning point in the sectional conflicts that had plagued American society during the antebellum era. Foner also describes the role of former slaves in shaping the abolitionist movement.
People also ask
How did grant contribute to the Civil War?
How was the American Civil War commemorated?
How did the Confederates capture Charleston?
Why did grant join the Confederate Army?
2 days ago · Bull Run was a turning point in the American Civil War... in the sense that the battle struck with impelling force upon public opinion at home and abroad, upon Congress, and upon the Commander-in-chief. It framed new patterns of thought and led to far-reaching changes in the conduct of the war.
