Sentences with phrase «of civil war soldiers»

The world around you also changes; though you're still navigating the streets of Tajunga, you come across bizarre sights, like the ghosts of civil war soldiers huddled beneath a dinosaur, or cave men sitting around a living room.

by Diane Metzger is the first in a series describing the experiences of Civil War soldiers returning to a small town after the war.

Or a side trip into the hauntingly eloquent letters of Civil War soldiers during a history class?

Reviewed by George McKenna In the preface to While God Is Marching On, Steven E. Woodworth, an associate professor of history at Texas Christian University, recalls that Ken and Ric Burns» 1990 documentary on the Civil War quoted freely from the letters of Civil War soldiers without revealing....

In George McKenna's review of While God Is Marching On: The Religious World of Civil War Soldiers (December 2001), he neglects to lay the least bit of blame for the Civil War on the heightened sense of self «righteousness instilled in both the North and the South by their respective churches.

Civil War Recipes Students prepare foods, including hardtack, that were among the staples of a Civil War soldier's diet.

Putting Yourself in the Shoes of a Civil War Soldier 2.

Not exact matches

Summary: «The unexpected arrival of a wounded Union soldier at a girls» school in Virginia during the American Civil War leads to jealousy and betrayal.»

During the Civil War, a hastily written prayer was found in the pocket of a fatally wounded soldier.

She once gave shelter to Trotsky (and is said to have argued him into the ground over the nature of social oppression), was a soldier at the front in the Spanish Civil War, sought dangerous service in World War II and served with the Free French in London.

Contemporary warfare has in fact taken the form of local conflicts, more often than not civil wars, in which no great alliances of nations are involved; these have been wars fought for reasons based in local rivalries, typically inflamed by historical animosities, ethnic disparity, or religious difference, rather than for reasons of global Realpolitik; they have been fought not with nuclear weapons (or, indeed, other types of weapons of mass - destructive capability) or the latest in military technology, but instead with conventional weaponry, often of old design, and often limited to rifles, knives, grenades, and light, crew - served weapons which individual soldiers can carry on their persons.

Michael Straczynski wrote a famous speech for Captain America in one of his comics that ended up being quoted in the Civil War movie, but is more applicable to Winter Soldier's themes:

Historians have long theorized that the south lost the civil war due to the number of mentally challenged soldiers in the Confederate army, a direct result of this inbreeding.

PJ Cole spent his childhood fleeing danger and sharing his parents with hundreds of former child soldiers caught up in Sierra Leone's brutal civil war.

Weaver's break with the myriad conceits of liberalism was occasioned by his study of the Civil War, especially by his reading of the first - hand accounts of the soldiers who actually fought the war, and especially by the accounts of SoutherneWar, especially by his reading of the first - hand accounts of the soldiers who actually fought the war, and especially by the accounts of Southernewar, and especially by the accounts of Southerners.

It was first known as Decoration Day and was inspired by the flowers being placed on the graves of Union and Confederate soldiers after the end of the Civil War.

Andrew Zimmern sinks his teeth into the foods that have sustained soldiers and civilians since the lean times of the Civil War and shaped a region's cuisine, from barbecued raccoon and squirrel stew to tooth - cracking hard tack.

And what of the children starving in Africa, being conscripted as child - soldiers in civil wars, etc., around the world?

@user4012 - Yes Lincoln did it for any confederate soldier that was willing to take an oath of alliegance after the civil war.

She enjoys teaching students about the contributions of the 200,000 black soldiers who fought valiantly during the Civil War.

While recalling the achievements of the former governor, Gowon described him as a bold soldier who played his part well during the civil war, adding that he (Ogbemudia) «had just moved to a spiritual barracks,» as «old soldiers never die».

The movie is a drama based on the experiences of Agu (played by Abraham Attah), a child soldier fighting in the civil war of an unnamed West African country.

We fought a civil war, with over 600K dead soldiers as evidence, over this issue.Sarah Palin's bus was reportedly seen in Ames.That is erroneous.I saw her bus in the great historic city of Saratoga Springs, NY.

The yellowing photographs on the walls of the Burns Archive depict the horrors and marvels of medicine at the turn of the 20th century: early demonstrations of breast surgery, one of the first dental drillings, a pile of feet amputated from Civil War soldiers, and the ballooning legs of a teenager with elephantiasis.

It was probably responsible for stories that the wounds of some soldiers injured during the American civil war glowed in the dark (New Scientist, 9 June 2001, p 23).

The elder Paine had been an oarsman for Harvard in the 1850s, and served as an officer in the 22nd Massachusetts in the Civil War, during which time he commanded a unit of African - American soldiers.

By comparison, during the U.S. Civil War's Battle of Gettysburg in Pennsylvania in 1863, roughly 150,000 soldiers fought (less than 0.5 % of the divided nation's population).

It has a history of caring for U.S. servicemen — sailors from the New Haven seaport sought care at the hospital during its early days, and during the Civil War, more than 25,000 U.S. Army soldiers were cared for at the hospital.

The navy blue remained to have a military meaning all the way into the late 1800's, but during the American Civil War, it became the defining colour of the Union soldiers who were fighting the Confederate States of America.

It has the same amount of depth as some of the franchise's best (Winter Soldier and Civil War), while the way the action sequences are shot and edited is absolutely sensetional.

Related Reviews: Captain America: Civil War • Avengers: Age of Ultron • Captain America: The Winter Soldier • Black Panther • Guardians of the Galaxy Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Lincoln opens with a black Union soldier reciting part of the Gettysburg Address to Lincoln, who is visiting the front lines toward the end of the Civil War.

Actual depiction of the Civil War is pretty much limited to a single gory battle scene at the opening, followed by a corny sequence where Lincoln chats with some young soldiers.

Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America: The First Avenger, Marvel's The Avengers (aka Avengers Assemble), Iron Man 3, Thor: The Dark World, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Guardians of the Galaxy, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Ant - Man, Captain America: Civil War, Doctor Strange, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.

Meanwhile, brother directors Anthony and Joe Russo (of the Captain America movies The Winter Soldier and Civil War) keep up a snappy, coherent pace.

Written by Coogler and Joe Robert Cole (a veteran of Marvel Studios» bygone in - house writers program), Black Panther combines many of the best elements of MCU films past, including: the Shakespearean royal family drama of the Thor movies, the political thriller elements of Civil War and Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and even the sci - fi tech aspects of the Iron Man films.

Joe and Anthony Russo, who directed Captain America: The Winter Soldier, return to the helm of Captain America: Civil War.

Back in March, news broke that The Russo Brothers (Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Civil War, Avengers: Infinity War) and Drew Pearce (Iron Man 3, Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation) were working on a Ghostbusters film independent of the Feig one, that could potentially star Tatum and Pratt and eventually crossover with the ladies.

@starlit, I never thought of this before, but Civil War should probably have just been an Avengers film, and Cap 3 should have solely been about clearing the Winter Soldier's name featuring Black Panther and Helmut Zemo.

After all, it is not only the beginning of a grand culmination for the Marvel Cinematic Universe but also unites fan favorite characters and is helped by Joe and Anthony Russo, who have helped the previously successful Captain America: The Winter Soldier and Captain America: Civil War.

This time around, Farrell's the wounded civil war soldier and Kidman the fragrant headmistress of a girls» seminary, tucked back from the road, draped in Spanish moss.

The Beguiled: A wounded Civil War soldier (Colin Farrell) turns a Southern girls» boarding school into a hothouse of sexual tension.

Director James Gunn's creative team also includes director of photography Henry Braham («The Legend of Tarzan,» «The Golden Compass»); production designer Scott Chambliss («Star Trek,» «Tomorrowland»); editors Fred Raskin («The Hateful Eight,» «Guardians of the Galaxy») and Craig Wood («Guardians of the Galaxy,» «Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End»); composer Tyler Bates («Guardians of the Galaxy,» «John Wick»); three time Oscar ® - nominated costume designer Judianna Makovsky («Captain America: Civil War,» «Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone»); Oscar ® - nominated visual effects supervisor Chris Townsend («Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «Iron Man 3»); stunt coordinator Tommy Harper («Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier»); co-producer / first assistant director Lars Winther («Captain America: Civil War,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier»); and six - time Oscar ® nominee, special effects supervisor Dan Sudick («Captain America: Civil War,» «The Avengers»).

2» continues the lineage of epic big - screen adventures chronicled in «Iron Man,» «The Incredible Hulk,» «Iron Man 2,» «Thor,» «Captain America: The First Avenger,» «The Avengers,» «Iron Man 3,» «Thor: The Dark World,» «Captain America: The Winter Soldier,» «Guardians of the Galaxy,» «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «Ant - Man,» and the upcoming release schedule, which includes «Captain America: Civil War» on May 6, 2016; «Doctor Strange,» November 4, 2016; «Spider - Man,» July 7, 2017; and «Thor: Ragnarok» on November 3, 2017.

Winter Soldier and Civil War directors Anthony and Joe Russo will carry on the trend of including Community cast cameos in Avengers: Infinity War.

While sequels like Iron Man 3 and Captain America: The Winter Soldier have overcome feeling like prequels to a different story audiences haven't seen yet, other entries into this super-powered universe, efforts like Thor: The Dark World, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Captain America: Civil War, struggled to come across as anything other than vehicles conceived and designed to get all of these characters into one place at the right time for this May's massive Avengers: Infinity War, none of them working outside of the larger story being told and as such aren't very entertaining or worth watching more than once.

Director Daniel Barber's second film — after «OAP on the rampage» thriller Harry Brown — is a home - invasion tale, only it's set during the American Civil War when a trio of women on a farm in the Deep South are forced to fend off a pair of mercenary Union soldiers.

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An adaptation of Thomas Cullinan's American Civil War novel, the movie is set at a girls» school in Virginia, where the young women have been sheltered from the outside world, a wounded Union soldier is taken in.

The Beguiled (R for sexuality) Sofia Coppola won Best Director at Cannes for this sublime tale of seduction, a remake of Clint Eastwood's Civil War saga about Southern belles competing for the affections of a Union soldier (Colin Farrell) wounded and abandoned by his unit.