The Poll Answers!

The polls have finally ended!
For those of you that voted, here are the answers!

What were the uniforms for the Confederate Army?
It was Colorful, Regular Clothing, and also Other which was Grey.

What were uniforms for the Union Army?
It was Colorful, Navy Blue, and also Regular Clothing.

How many Americans were killed in the Civil War?
Approximately 620,000 Americans were killed in the War.

Who was Clara Barton?
She was a very famous Civil War nurse, and the founder of Red Cross. Although some of you said she was a school teacher, "Good Job!" but, that was not why she was famous for...

What year did the Civil War begin?
It was none of the above, if you read the timeline, you would have read the year 1861.

Where did the Civil War begin?
The Civil War officially started in Fort Sumter, the answer was shown in the timeline also.


HOPE EVERYONE HAD FUN WITH THE LITTLE POLL QUIZ!

The Mix-Up

Sorry for making a huge mess on my blog, the genres and all the posts are all mixed up and I'm sorry for doing that. I seem to have forgotten 1 genre but, now I completed it. I now have completely 10, although its messy and not in order, please use the best of it!

~And also for my bibliography, I didn't know how to underline but, I knew where to underline the spots.~

Inviting all Fierce Fighters to Join the Army!

Are you a fearless fighter?
Headstrong?
Army strong?
Are you a Yankee?
Like fights?
Like battles?
Like to kill?
Like guns?
Want to get shot?
Ready to defeat the South?
To take the risk of your life?

Well here's your chance to do these things!
All you have to do is go to the Northern militia campsite and go into the general office, where you will sign up and be taken to your very own squad!
Now here is a question for you....


Are you ready to be a hero?

Please join now, your reward would be to finally stop the cruel slavery and you get plenty of money for your family!

Bibliography

Internet Sources

Goodwin, Joan. "Clara Barton". Unitarian Universalist Historical
Society. 2008. <http://www25.uua.org/uuhs/duub/articles/clarabarton.html>

Freeman, Joanne. "Time Line of The Civil War, 1962". Library of
Congress. 1/15/00. <http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/cwphtml/tl1862.html>

"Civilwar.com - The American Civil War". CivilWar.Com the home of the
Civil War. Premier Internet, Inc. 2008.
<http://www.civilwar.com/mos/Frontpage/Itemid,67/>

Gavin, Philip. "The History Place the Past into the Future". The
History Place. 2008. <http://www.historyplace.com/index.html>

Hoemann, H.George. "The American Civil War Homepage". Mary Myers.
5/12/08. <http://sunsite.utk.edu/civil-war/warweb.html>

Book Sources

Hakim, Joy. "A History of US War # 6, Terrible War 1855-1865". Oxford
University Press, New York. 2005.

Connell, Kate. " Voices From America's Past Blue or Gray? A Family
Divided". National Geographic, Canada. 2002.

Statement of Process

As I was working on my humanities exit project, I learned very much about the Civil War. It was a very fun experience because I always thought that the Civil War was very cool to know about, so I decided to use it as my project. Even before I was assigned this project, I was already thinking about this topic. Although I feel like I haven't done much, I do know that I gave out plenty of informative genres that taught you very much. Researching my topic was quite simple, there was one website that I used the most, which is called www.civilwar.com, the url name tells it all. That website told me about the timeline, events, and battles during the war. It was a very useful source.

Making the genres was quite simple to make in my opinion. The only think that was not easy is when I ran out of ideas for my genres. I was forced to look at my friends blogs to see what genres they used. Out of all the genres I made, I liked the poem. I enjoyed it because it has a very good tune to it because exactly at the end it tells you straight forward that you are in the Civil War and how rough it is to fight in it. Something that I improved on after the project was making a proper bibliography. I usually had a very hard time figuring out how to do it and what order to put it in but, not I feel much better about it. Hopefully I improved a lot more than before.

I also wish to thank Ms.Sackstein for putting those benchmarks, without them I probably would have procrastinated and had a hard time in the end. Also a reminder, I will be posting the answers for the poll questions on Friday when the polls have ended.

Obituary of Abraham Lincoln

Sadly our president, Abraham Lincoln, was assassinated by a bullet into his head from John Wilkes Booth, who was actually an actor, on April 14, 1865. He was shot when he was busy watching a play at Ford's Theater with his wife. All our doctors tended to him immediately and took him to a building across the street from the Theater but, the next day he passed away. Lincoln left his wife Mary Todd and his only living child that survived compared to 3 other children.

We will always remember Abe because of him abolish slavery from the United States. If he did not do anything about it, then we would probably still have slaves trapped in shackles stuck in your basement. Although Lincoln was born in poverty as a young boy in Kentucky, he went through all these hardships when he was little but, nothing stopped him from reading or getting further education. When he grew older he went up for elections and finally won, also deciding to start the Civil War. Please all remember his good presidency, long legs, top hat, black suit, and his kind soul.

Glossary

1) Union [Yoon-yun] (Noun)- The North side army fighting in the Civil War against the Confederacy. They wear Navy blue uniforms and also known as "Yankees".

2) Confederate [kun-fed-er-it] (Noun)- The South side army fighting in the Civil War against the Union or also known as "Rebels". They wear Grey uniforms.

3) Musket [muhs-kit] (Noun)- A type of gun used in the 18-19th century.

4) Bayonet [bey-uh-net] (Noun)- A sharp, small point made for attaching to a gun for close up battles.

5) Carcass [kahr-kuhs] (Noun)- A dead body.

6) Pneumonia [noo-mohn-yuh] (Noun)- A type of sickness of the lungs that is caused from bacteria.

Civil War Journal Entry #2

Dear Journal,

I almost got killed in the middle of the battle! It all started when I began marching with my group up a hill somewhere in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania on July 1- 4. We were just walking and suddenly far in the distance I spotted a group of men in Grey Uniforms. Once I saw this I was terrified and told Major General George G. Meade immediately. He ordered us to hide behind nearby trees and get ready to fire, at the Confederate soldiers who I later found out were lead by General Robert E. Lee. Well, as the battle raged on General Lee ordered the Confederacy to fire until there were no more Union soldiers left. Our Union Major finally decided to retreat when nearly all our men were killed! As this happened, a Confederate soldier in regular plain clothing stared in the nearby bushes at me while holding a musket with a bayonet attached to it. I was terrified as he began walking out of the bushes with the sharp point about to stab me or shoot me to death. I started backing away from him slowly as my arms quivered from fright, while trying to steady my musket.
I suddenly tripped backwards over a hard rock and fell on my head just as he shot at me. The little musket ball hit my Navy Blue hat straight in the center where my forehead used to be, thank the lord for making me accidentally trip on that rock! Once that happened, my fellow Union allies found me lying on the floor, slightly dizzy at the moment. They shot the Confederate more than I could count, possibly 30 times but, for all I know he was definitely not going to get back up unless he is god! I still have a very big headache because I banged my head hard on the floor as I fell, so I can't say any more for today but, I will write back soon when I loose my headache and whenever I get these bandages off my forehead!

John

Civil War Journal Entry

Dear Journal,

Today the Union army followed General Ulysses S. Grant and Major General George G. Meade toward Cold Harbor in the state of Virginia at Hanover Country on May 31- June 12, 1864. There were cannons flying and bullets everywhere. All I saw were bleeding men in Grey an Navy Blue uniforms lying on the floors. I was very terrified when a Confederate soldier ran toward me with his musket ready to fire. I am only 16 years old, what do you expect me to do but, run? So I ran as fast as my long legs could run behind my fellow Union group allies. One asked me why I was running and I simply replied that the Southerner was chasing me down. Another asked me why I didn't shoot them and I replied that I am afraid. I really shouldn't have said that because they all started yelling at me for not shooting them!
Will people ever understand, why I don't enjoy shooting? It's because I do not like killing people, it is kind of scary to see your own bullet hit someone and they begin falling on the floor bleeding while screaming in pain. Especially if a cannon dropped right on them, they won't even be screaming probably. In the distance I heard the Confederate General Robert E. Lee, my spine began to tingle when I heard that low, husky, bossy tone of voice when he gave orders to his army. So, like you would guess, I ran again. I really don't appreciate running away from them because I feel that I am useless and a waste of space in the military if I don't help but, I am just too scared to try. After the battle, everyone was tired out, and all I saw was dead carcasses lying on the floor everywhere I went. As we marched back to the regiment to rest, since we didn't sleep for days, my boots squished and squashed on the wet, reddish-brownish grass. That is simply all I have to say for today, I am too tired to write anymore. I will write to my journal again next time but, in the meantime, goodnight!

John

Civil War Quiz

On the bottom of this blog should be some poll questions. Please take this quiz to test how much you learned about the American Civil War.