Sentences with phrase «confederacy during the civil war»

Matthew McConaughey stars in this historical epic that tells the story of a real - life farmer who helped lead his own rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

Grant has been widely recognised as a superior military tactician for leading the Union Army to victory over the Confederacy during the Civil War under the supervision of President Abraham Lincoln, winning key battles at Shiloh and Vicksburg.

Based on a true story, «Free State of Jones» will star McConaughey as Newton Knight and Mbatha - Raw as Rachel, a slave whose relationship with Knight played a central part in his life and in his armed rebellion against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

It's too late to fix the Free State of Jones, director - writer Gary Ross» well - meaning historical drama about the curious case of Newton Knight, an army deserter who inspired a mixed race coalition of Mississippi farmers and runaway slaves to revolt against the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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However, the city changed its name to Gray to honor James Madison Gray, who was a financier of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

floor, Holman (who is black) pairs the flag with portraits and documents from his family who fought for the Confederacy during the Civil War.

However, the city changed its name to Gray to honor James Madison Gray, who was a financier of the Confederacy during the Civil War.

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During the Civil War, the Confederacy used peanut oil as an affordable lubricant for locomotives due to a shortage of whale oil.

Liar Temptress Soldier Spy By Karen Abbott Harper Perennial • $ 16.99 • ISBN 9780062092908 In a history book that reads like a suspense novel, Abbott portrays four women who operated as spies during the Civil War — two for the Union and two for the Confederacy.

Recent racial issues in the United States have stirred heated controversy over whether, how much and in what way to remember those who fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

During the Civil War the Confederacy had to contend with three differing gauge sizes, something many historians attribute to their eventual vanquish by the Unionists; «The Confederate government was never able to coax the fragmented, run - down, multi-gauged network of southern railroads into the same degree of efficiency exhibited by northern roads.

«Pickett's Charge» is «named for a watershed moment during the Battle of Gettysburg, marking the Confederacy's deepest penetration into the North and a failed offense, led by Major General George E. Pickett, that historians cite as a turning point in the Civil War,» the newspaper notes.