Civil War Essay

In order for you to understand the civil war you would have to know about the Anaconda plan Which was "Winfield Scott's original plan fighting the rebellion". You would have to know about the battles they fought in won and lost such as The battle of Antietam which was a battle between the Union army and the Confederate Army in Sharpsburg, Maryland this was known and still is known as the battle that shed the most blood. The battle of Gettysburg was known as “the most famous and most important Civil War Battle”. There are other things that you can look up and find out information on the Civil war such as Total war and The March to sea. Firstly the Anaconda plan was a stragedy that was thought of by General Winfield Scott. In addition to the Anaconda plan there were battles such as “The battle of Antietam” and “The battle of Gettysburg” both of these battles were bloody and in the battle of Antietam the fight in the corn field there were many casualties and many people had to write letters to the family and explain to them that their husband, son, or father died in action on the battle field. For example a young girl writes to her father a letter and she expresses that she hopes he comes home safe and soon and that he won’t have to go back. Finally Sherman’s March to the Sea was when Union General William Tecumsela Sherman told his troops to destroy everything they found of value. They looted houses and burned fields.
During the civil war fathers and daughters were separated but they were very close and we can tell that through their letters. In this essay I will examine letters from the civil war. I will start with a letter from a young daughter to her father who is in the war. Next I will examine a picture of a young boy leaving his home to go be a drummer in the army. Lastly I will give an example of how families were told that their loved one was killed in the line of duty.
A letter written by Georgina Tilloston to her father George Tilloston who was serving in the 89th New York Infantry of the Union Army. In the letter found in “A souvenir booklet of civil war soliders letters” She tells her father that she has been sick and she may have the whooping cough which she doesn’t want and she would have wrote him sooner but she had to get better but she expresses to him her feelings about him coming home and she says that she hopes he wont have to go back. In the letter she tells her father about the fanily and how everyone was doing and how she excited about going up to her aunts house. While she was writing the letter her sibling was right next to her and she was describing what was happening at that moment as she was writing him. When her father sent her a response back to her letter he tried to calm her nerves as much as possible he said that he wishes to be home and stay there but he would have to have a safe return. Basically this letter was about a father and daughter sharing their love in the most common way of communication many people shared love through letters rather you were lovers, father and daughter, mother and son, or sister and brother they gave their love and concerns and wishes on a piece of paper that could be easily destroyed but during that time a letter meant everything.
Pictures say a thousand words imagine saying this and looking at a photo of a young boy leaving his house to become a drummer in the army you may see his mother crying his grandmother everyone is outside on the porch watching you go off and possibly sign your death wish right there the kids looked confused because they don’t know what is happening to their brother the dog sits and the face looks as if it was to be crying. This is the look of many families torn apart during this horrible events of blood shed. This picture found on page 8 in A souvenir booklet of civil war soliders letters” is a picture of just that. This picture shows a young boy being taken from his home so he can go be a drummer in the army. When you look at this picture you can feel the hurt in the grandmothers and mothers eyes. You can feel their pain and it appears that the dog has emotion in it’s eyes. The dog looks sad and as if it wants to shed a tear not because the boy is leaving but because he is going into the most dangerous war and there is a possibility that he wont be coming back home. During the civil war that’s what a lot of people were afraid of. They were afraid that if their loved one went into the bloodiest war that they would get a letter saying that their loved one was killed. That was hard for the family and for the people who was responsible for breaking the news to a crying possibly hesterical family member. Pictures mean a thousand words well this picture is telling you all the emotion behind a family torn apart by the civil war.
Death letters were very common in the civil war and a letter that was found on http://www.pastvoices.com/usa/atkins-george.shtml. The letter is from George B. Atkins and it is to his father telling him about all the men who were dead and the ones who were sick. In the letter he says that a month ago when he wrote his last letter he told his father about the men who had been killed up to that point and since that last letter ten more had passed on to another life. He also briefly mentions the ones who were terribly sick and he says that he fears their return because he feels like their return will be like the rest who have gone there. He goes on and tells his father that they are doing as well as expected their health is improving and they are getting plenty to eat and receive very good treatment. He starts to talk about money and says “Money is scarce”. That phrase that he uses makes you wonder what exactly does he mean by scarce. He could be saying a lot of things but he actually he means that their money is limited. They do not have a lot of money so they can get the things they need to take care of their selves when they are sick. Another thing that was found interesting that he said was he knows that they are not going to get any money so they can treat their selves when they are sick. He tells his father of a solider that was sick around the time he was sick and he says he didn’t know he was dead till he saw it in the paper and he want his father to tell the soldiers parents and family that he was a good soldier and he did his duty in battle and died as an soldier. He then goes on and gives a list of those dead since the last time he wrote and he also gives the day and month of when they died. He tells his father about those who are very sick and in the hospital but he tells his father that they are improving. Many letters were like this one that George B. Atkins was writing to his father. When they wrote home they talked about the sick and the ones who had passed on. They talked about it because it was what was happening around them they had to see the soldiers body being carried away or the soldiers being taken to the hospital because of a serious sickness. This shows that they wrote more than just about the good but someone had to tell the bad and many did and some didn’t want to but the truth would have eventually set in.
The civil war was a very bloody war that lasted for years and the reason for the civil war was so that the nation wouldn’t be divided anymore. Even though this war was to free slaves and to end slavery so the nations could be united this war took a lot of lives and families had to burry a lot of soldiers. When these soldiers died they left the letters for their family to remember them by. They have the pictures and letters so they can remember what that soldier was like and they have something they can tell other family members about. They get a chance to read the last words that came out of the soldiers head when they were writing the letter. There are different types of letters there are letters to say I love you there are letters that say I miss you and I want you to come home safely and there are letters that say they send their deepest regards to the lost of your son husband or father he was a great man and soldier and there are pictures that can tell the story of such sorrow.

Sixth Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Honoring the Past." Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority ,Inc. A Legacy of Sisterhood and Service. Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.. 6 Nov 2008 http://www.aka1908.com/past/.

This website gives me the motto they go by "By Merit and Culture". I found out the names of their distinguishing colors. Their stamp is on the page it is the letters AKA going down the middle of it and the middle is salmon pink and the two sides are apple green and in both sides of the green it is two images one up and the other down they are for what the sorority stands for. At the bottom there is words in greek lettering in a scroll out banner. The stamp is shaped like a shield and above it there are two hands joined together.

Introduction

Ethel Hedgeman Lyle born as Ethel Hedgeman on February 10, 1885 in St, Louis, Missouri. She is the daughter of Albert Hedgeman and Maria Hubbard Hedgeman. Her father worked for the YMCA and her mother cared for her two sisters, Iota and Thelma. She attended public schools in St. Louis and graduated with honors from Sumner High School in 1904 with a scholarship to Howard University. She entered the College of Arts and Sciences at Howard University in 1904. That year she had to stop due to some health issues she was having. She graduated in 1909 with a B.A. in liberal arts. After graduating she went to Enfala, Oklahoma. During that summer she taught music in the Summer Normal School and continued to teach in the public school of Enfala until 1910. Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was the first Black woman college graduate to teach in a normal school in Oklahoma and the first to receive a Teacher's Life Certificate from the Oklahoma State Department of Education. During the school year 1910-1911 she taught in the public schools of Centralia, Illinois. After she was done teaching in Centralia, she married her high school and college sweetheart, George Lyle, in New York on June 21, 1911, they resided in Philadelphia where their only child, George, Jr., was born. Mrs. Lyle continued her career in Philadelphia in 1922 she taught English at the Thomas Purham School and then at the Arthur School after that she retired in 1948.

Fifth Annotation for NHD 08-09

"What organization was founded by Ethel Hedgeman Lyle?." Wiki Answers. 6 Nov 2008 .

This website tells me organizations that Ethel Hedgeman Lyle was apart of and the ones she founded her self. It tells me that she was an educator for forty years and for more than twenty years she was the national treasurer of the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Inc. The website also mentions that she was the founder and first president of Omega Omega. She also was the founder of the West Philadelphia chaspter League of Woman Voters and the Mothers club in the city.

Thesis Statement

Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority Inc. was formed by a female named Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. She wanted to form an association of woman students through which the talents and strengths of these students could be organized for the mutual benefit of all. This formation was not formed by one woman but that one woman brong together what they call "The Divine Nine" . Later on the nine decided to induct seven sophomores.

Fourth Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Famous Sorors of AKA." PHENOMENAL WOMEN OF ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA. 6 Nov 2008 .

This website gives me information on every fomous female that is an Alpha Kappa Alpha Soror. They give me a list of females that are in the public eye that took the pledge to be an Alpha Kappa Alpha. The first name mentioned on this website is Ethel Hedgeman Lyle because she is the founder of the sisterhood.

Third Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Alpha Kappa Alpha- Kappa Chapter." Kappa Chapter Klassy since 1920. 09/04/2006. Kappa Chapter. 24 Oct 2008 .

This is a website that tells the story of the Kappa Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha. This gives a history background of the chapter and when they were formed and the founging members of that chapter. Each Chapter has their own version of the story and how their chapter came about. This website gives a biography of Ethel Hedgmen Lyle it says the same thing that the others say it is just from a different chapter.

Second Annotation for NHD 08-09

"Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated-Beta Upsilon Chapter." The Founders. 03/09/2003. Beta Upsilon Chapter. 24 Oct 2008 .


This is a website that tells me who the AKA's are. I found out that Ethel was the original AKA Sorror. She was the one who thought of the idea to have a female sorority in an all black college that had male faternity's. This website tells me bout her child hood and where she lived while she was married and out of college. She resided to Philadelphia where their only child was born George Jr. She continued to work as an English teacher at a school.

First Annotation

"Alpha Kappa Alpha." Welcome to the AKA webpage of the notorious Nu Chapter. October 16 2008. Nu Chapter. 16 Oct 2008 .


This website gives information on "The Divine Nine" and the sophmores that were inducted into the AKA. This website shows biographies of the woman who lead the founding of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. It tells me what she achieved and how she came up with the idea to think of a sisterhood where you didnt have to be related by blood by heart and spirit. These woman were females she knew and the females that her friends knew. This website also talks about how she had health problems and when she had to take sometime out of school because of her health.

Topic Selection

It's about that time again everybody. NHD is here and in this paragraph I will tell you the person I am doing research on and what she is most famous for and how I am going to present my project to the judges. This year I am doing a exhibit board about Ethel Hedgeman Lyle. She is the female that came up with the idea to have a Sorority for African American females. She started a sorority named Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. She says her husband had nothing to do with this idea but people believe he did. She started this with The divine nine that is what they were called till they wanted the sorority to last forever so they inducted sophmores so the legacy of the sorority would be saved. This was the first sorority to be Incoporated.

THe Nutrition Group

My group is doing research on nurtition and we will bring it to the group when we meet the next time. I have done researc h but I am not clear on what exactly I am looking for. I wasn't told what I was suppose to be looking for. But I found charts about childhood diabetes and information on it but that is all I have found so far.

Service Learming Meeting on Thursday

During the meeting we filled out a survey of our eating habits and I learned that I have bad eating habits my questions to the answers were good but also was bad like I said I skip a few breakfasts and I hardly eat lunch and the only thing I eat is dinner and desert that is what I learned about myself during the service learning.

Thursday Meeting

On Thursday 's Meeting we talked about making wraps and other alternatives besides sandwiches and we asked each other where would the money go if we sold these items and we said it would go back into the group so we can do more each time.

Service Learning Meeting On Friday

On Friday we were talking about ways to improve the school lunches we came up with ways we could do it. We also have a walking/Bus trip to Aramark so we can see what lunches they can offer us for our type of kitchen. Last thing we left off at was when we were talking about restaurants we could go to near the school to see what types of food they have and how long will it take to get a meal for lunch. My role is to research a restaurant.

Fridays Meeting

This meeting was so boaring only thing we talked about was changing the school lunch and we came up with ways to try and change it. This is not what I wanted to do I wanted to do juvenile diabetes. For this week we will see if someone has talked to the lunch lady and see where our lunch is coming from. We came up with a plan to sell sandwhiches to raise money.

NHD Reflection

This year I had to do NHD it was challenging but it was good for me I am just glad it is over. The most challenging part about it was that it took so long and took so much energy and it would just start to get boaring. The best thing about it was that I got it done and I don't have to worry about deadlines no more or research. Some challenges I had was the dead lines I hate having someone tell me what time I had it due. And that project took so much time but it was worth it I got it done on time and I don't have to do it anymore.

Biography of: Julia Fields

Julia Fields was born in 1938 in Perry County, Alabama. She grew up in a large family. In 1962 she published her first poem. She graduated from Knoxville College in Tennessee in 1961. A year after that she published two of her other poems in an anthology of black literature, “ Beyond the Blues” (1662). After that success she continued to write poetry and short stories while teaching high school in Birmingham, Alabama. She has also taught colleges and Universities. Her first volume of poetry, Poems came out in 1668 was well received. Her second volume of poetry “ East of Moonlight” in 1773 captures and reflects the folk spirit in black life. High on The Hog is a great poem and tells her thoughts of how people rationalize the food African Americans eat. She wanted to make a statement that not all of us eat black-eyed peas or collard greens or even pork chops smothered in gravy. Ms. Julia Fields inspired me with her poem High on the Hog I saw American culture in a different light. I love this poem because it shows the different side of African Americans.

Intro to Should everyone be allowed to use the "N" word?

“Nigger” or “Nigga” which one would you rather be called Nigger or Nigga. Is there a difference between the two words? In my English class we are reading The adventures of Huckleberry Finn and in the book they mentioned the word a lot. Say for instance you were a slave would you want your master calling you a Nigger? Or maybe a racist person calling you a dirty monkey? People sometimes use the word in a racist way. Others can use it as a greeting to your friend, buddy, or hommie. Some also use it to hurt another person. If you were greeting a friend would you say it? What is the difference between Nigger and Nigga? Is there even a difference?

In re Gault:40 years later

I was up set at the fact someone can be arrested and not have their rights read to them even though they didn't have enough money to pay for it. I was applaud by the fact he was held against his will and never knew what the charges were. He did not have an attorney present and they did not appoint one to him. What the government did was accuse him of something and never investigated the issue.Then 39 years later a case that was something like what the Gault case was like but it was on different charges. This case was about a girl who used her Freedom of speech and talked about her Vice Principle on a myspace she had "allegedly" made and she "allegedly" said some threatening comments on the "alleged Myspace page". But the whole thing was meant out to be a joke. The same thing that happened to Gault happened to the girl was not read her rights. She was not officially arrested they gave her mom paper work and did not explain what the paper work was. Basically it was saying she waved her daughters right to council But those document was an unconstitutional document because only the accuser can wave their rights to council. The case went on and she eventually was put out of the Fact program and soon she will not have a record.