HIST 225 Study Guide - Final Guide: Countee Cullen, New Negro, National American Woman Suffrage Association
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Did not want to be president, wanted to be general. Wanted to establish national sovereignty for the csa. Retired from military life in 1852 to teach math at vmi. Became a major general in the civil war. Reputation of heavy drinker haunted him throughout the war. Appointed commander-in-chief of the union armies by lincoln in 1864. Brilliant at building up what had been torn down. Wonderful organizer and administrator but did not actually want to fight. Considered a brilliant failure: always tentative about movement, always thinking he was outnumbered by the confederacy. April 15th 1861: lincoln issued a proclamation calling 75,000 militia men into national service for ninety days to put down the insurrection. (cid:862)ou(cid:396) a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:455) (cid:449)as (cid:373)o(cid:396)e diso(cid:396)ga(cid:374)ized (cid:271)(cid:455) (cid:448)i(cid:272)to(cid:396)(cid:455) the(cid:374) the a(cid:396)(cid:373)(cid:455) of the u (cid:271)(cid:455) defeat(cid:863) Long term impact on northern end- 3 year volunteers. Lincoln wrote the emancipation proclamation in the summer of 1862 and his cabinet signed.
