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When harriet beacher stowe was introduced to President Abraham Lincoln in 1862, he is said to have greeted her with the words: “So you are the little woman who wrote the book that started this great war!” The book that this lady wrote started a great war abe feels she is responsible for everything or most of the things that happen in the war.Millions of people were harmed and killed because of this great war.That book had a major influence on the great war had harmed many people.Abraham Lincoln said this quote because it was ironic that a regular woman wrote a book that stirred up so much controversy it “started ” a war within a country between its self. Abraham Lincoln believed that Harriet Beecher Stowe started something that was way bigger than her.

I Believe that the most exciting way to study the Civil War, is to watch the war unfold on the pages of Original Harper’s Weekly Newspapers.  Harper’s Weekly was the most popular newspaper during the Civil War, and it featured stunning illustrations, and in depth stories on all the important people and events of the war.  Below, for your research and enjoyment, we present this work in progress. Presently 1861 through 1864 are completed, and the 1865 issues through May are complete.  This website shows pictures of daft riots which was part of a war where people thought it would never end it was a ongoing great war.which harmed alot of people this kept people updated on the civil war that took place.

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The number of soldiers who died from loose bowels is increasing. According to Union records millions of Yankee soldiers died of dysentery or diarrhea, compared with all the men dying in battle. Sometimes regiments had three-quarters of their men stricken at one time. The soilders suffered more when they were sick than during the war. The Confederate , with atleast 50,000 men, reported  cases of bowel disorders in the first nine months of the war. At Chimborazo Hospital in Richmond, alot of the people died if diarrhea and dysentery. Andersonville Prison in Georgia sometimes had 130 men die daily from the disorders.The balck people was the people that suffured with it the most.Which messed everything up for them and made them less in numbers during the war.It was a very high number of people who had it and it had a major effect on them during the war.People were poor so it was very hard to get treated.

The Killer Angels  (made 1974) is a  novel by Michael Shaara that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1975. The book tells the story of four days of the Battle of Gettysburg in the American Civil War: June 29, 1863, as the troops of both This book is history because it stated things that actually happen not exact situations but it happen in history before which makes this story realistic fiction.These are based on true situations hat took place in history.THis book was the most important book that relates to the war in history.These connect to all the other non fiction books based on things that really occured on earth.Killer angels is a prime example of the novels.

 He was a mistreated slave who had no education and was used to being scared of his surroundings. As being a slave he was only learning how to hurt people to get what you want so he acted in ways he was treated which turned to be deadly.Thats what he thinks. He wants to get people back for all the things they did to him as he was mistreated so i feel he is seeking vengance.

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