Article by: Cornelius O. Talley JR.
Do students agree with the SCHEDULE at Constitution High School?
How would you like it if when you came to work on day your schedule was one way and the next day you came your schedule was another way?
For the students at Constitution High School, their schedule is in block periods, 90 minutes classes. Their day is broken down into four days. One day might be 1,2,3,4 and the next day will be 4,1,2,3
For students at Con High they don’t really like this; and for others they do. Student Melissa (10th grader) said “ it is better because if we didn’t have this schedule if we were late to school we would not be able to go to first period, and I that case we would fail”
The timing of the day is every thing for some people but in Philadelphia Schooling System kids most have at least an 8 hour day, School District Packet.
Some students say they love the schedule because they only have four classes a day and that is good for them grade wise.
Constitution High School students have tried to change the schedule but some things have stopped the them, but they are back at it again who knows what will be the outcome of the new SCHEDULE.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Monday, March 16, 2009
Civil War Essay
Cornelius Talley
Final Copy
Civil War Essay
03.10.09
Solders: Civil War Topic
“Around 3 million men fought in the Civil War. As many as a third of these soldiers died or were wounded in battle. Even for those who escaped without injury, the war exacted a tremendous cost. Soldiers had to leave their homes and families for up to four years while enduring numerous hardships” (Hart, 124) In promise of making the Civil War better with new weapons, it didn’t help the War at all. In result it made the war even deadlier by killing more soldiers because of the weapons (Hart, 124). The Civil War changes the lives of soldiers in very bad ways. Many soldiers were away from their love ones for long periods at a time, and in some cases they didn’t return home. Soldiers in the Civil War spent most of their time writing letters. For the soldiers letters where away for them to spend their down. The soldiers also made songs and put on plays to make up time when the where free. The soldiers had to do what ever they could do to keep them, occupied (Hart, 125). While in the Civil War many soldiers that got hurt in battle died because they didn’t have the proper care from surgeons that were supposed to have are taken care of them (Hart, 125).
The cost of the Civil War was The Union placed a strangle hold on Southern exports, split the South in half by controlling the Mississippi River and New Orleans and then fought a war of attrition that led to the eventual surrender of all Southern forces (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happened_during_the_Civil_War). As the soldiers tried to make do with the free time they had it wasn’t easy always. In the war some soldiers ate better then others, for example The Union soldiers mostly ate hardtack, meat (salted pork, bacon, or beef), flour, and cornmeal while the Confederate soldiers mostly ate cornmeal, meat, and dried peas. The soldiers did not eat lots of food; sometimes they didn’t even get to eat. The soldiers were not really able to wash, and wore some of the same clothes for days at a time. The soldiers slept in tents; they slept on rugs and homemade pillows and sometimes even the ground; and they also had to sleep in horse poop sometimes (wiki.answer.com). The Union and Confederate armies were haphazardly raised, badly organized, poorly trained, inadequately fed, clothed and housed, and almost wholly without comforts, sports, entertainments or proper medical care.
New Weapons for the Civil War was not such a good idea. The new weapon called the Rifled Musket, had grooves on the inside of the barrel that caused the bullet to spin, allowing it to travel much faster, farther, and with greater accuracy. (Hart, 124) As a result of this new weapon it allowed armies to let loose fire on their own opponents and in some cases kill or harm them. The old tactics and the new weapons was not the best idea because instead of spreading the troops out with the new weapons they placed them closer together which made it a greater impact on one’s own side. Meaning the soldiers where hurting themselves more then the people that they were fighting in the War. As horrible and terrifying the war was over 50 years later soldiers still have thoughts of the war. The state that, “The screaming and bursting of shells…. The death screams of wounded animals”(Hart, 124). Post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, is among only a few mental disorders that are triggered by a disturbing outside event, quite unlike other psychiatric disorders such as depression (/www.emedicinehealth.com/post-traumatic_stress_disorder_ptsd/article_em.htm). This disease was one of the most common diseases for most of the soldiers of the Civil War, because of some of the things that they went through. The war had such an affect on soldiers that it stuck with them for long periods at a time.
“I am in hopes that I will get a whole package of letters from you in a few days. I never wanted to see you half as bad in all my life as I do now”
(http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/jcmorris.html). Sometimes soldiers got so down in out that the only way of freedom or even peace was through a package of letters that they got from the people they loved, but sometimes the letters they received didn’t always make them happy. The soldiers also made up lots of songs that give lead way to smiles or laughter. The songs the soldiers and people wrote about spoke about the war and how it was either cruel or good. The songs also talked about religion saying lines like “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;”(Battle Hymn of the Republic, http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm). Soldiers also spent most of their free time writing letters to their love ones, playing sports, swimming, and putting on plays to get the war off their minds (Hart, 125). It was hard for the soldiers to try to find things to do but they had to make due, letters were the lead way for the main part of their free time.
The Civil War was not only hard on the soldiers; it was also hard on the family members at home waiting for their love ones to come home. During the Civil War families were left home with deaths, losing friends and family at war. The most important thing they dealt with day to day was not having their loved ones around while being away for along period of time, and wondering if they would ever return home. The Civil War brought a lot of hurt and pain for not only the loved ones of the people that were at war but mainly for the solders that had to deal with being away from them for so long. The family members would write letters back in forth telling each other about every day life and how they were doing. Sometimes they didn’t have any words to say because of how much pain they were feeling. Children without their father’s, brothers, or uncles would write them, telling them how much they missed them. They would ask question like how they were doing, tell them upcoming events in their life, and what that did from day to day. In a letter to her father Georgiana talks to her father about how she was sick so she wasn’t able to write him as soon as she would have liked to, she also says she feels better and for him not to worry bout her (Transcript of a letter from Georgiana Tillotson to her father, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection). A wife writes in a letter to her husband about how she really doesn’t know what she is going to do without him in her life. She goes on saying that she has knows what he is going through is rough but talks about how se really wants him to come home because things are really starting to get crazy at home (transcript of a letter from Maxine Jones to her Husband, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection). For soldiers without out these letters they really could not go on. The letters were a little sparks to make the soldier think that they can go on a little more.
For soldiers in the war Medical Care was not that good at all. Many soldiers who were wounded in battle died where they fell. Those who were found right away often faced severe blows, in were mainly not in the best of hands with the military doctors (Hart, 125). In the 1800’s the knowledge of medical terms and diseases was quite limited because they did no how to treat the soldiers. The surgeons normally worked in clothes that were covered in blood, which was not good for the wounded soldier. They also wiped their hands on their jackets then dipped their surgical tools in dirty water. They also used to use the same tools back to back sometimes without even cleaning them (Hart, 125). Another thing that made the soldiers sick was the water; in this case the soldiers would wash in the water then drink it. Mainly all the soldiers that died died from unsanitary conditions in the camp (Hart, 125).
In conclusion the Civil War was a brutal war with lots of ups and downs. Soldiers were not given the respect they deserved and were not treated well. The Civil War is one of the bloodiest wars and was a poorly constructed war. Surgeons were not prepares and did not have the correct education to try to save any ones life. Family members lost love for no reason in their eyes. As many people that died in the Civil War, is as many people that could have stayed alive in result of things live new weapons that killed even more soldiers.
Bibliography:
Primary Sources:
1. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/jcmorris.html
2. Transcript of a letter from Maxine Jones to her Husband, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection
3. Transcript of a letter from A.D. Clifton to his Family, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection
4. Picture:
Civil war soldiers writing home
5. Transcript of a letter from Georgiana Tillotson to her father, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection
Other:
1. Wiki.answer.com
2. History Alive, pgs 124-125(10.4chapter)
Final Copy
Civil War Essay
03.10.09
Solders: Civil War Topic
“Around 3 million men fought in the Civil War. As many as a third of these soldiers died or were wounded in battle. Even for those who escaped without injury, the war exacted a tremendous cost. Soldiers had to leave their homes and families for up to four years while enduring numerous hardships” (Hart, 124) In promise of making the Civil War better with new weapons, it didn’t help the War at all. In result it made the war even deadlier by killing more soldiers because of the weapons (Hart, 124). The Civil War changes the lives of soldiers in very bad ways. Many soldiers were away from their love ones for long periods at a time, and in some cases they didn’t return home. Soldiers in the Civil War spent most of their time writing letters. For the soldiers letters where away for them to spend their down. The soldiers also made songs and put on plays to make up time when the where free. The soldiers had to do what ever they could do to keep them, occupied (Hart, 125). While in the Civil War many soldiers that got hurt in battle died because they didn’t have the proper care from surgeons that were supposed to have are taken care of them (Hart, 125).
The cost of the Civil War was The Union placed a strangle hold on Southern exports, split the South in half by controlling the Mississippi River and New Orleans and then fought a war of attrition that led to the eventual surrender of all Southern forces (http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_happened_during_the_Civil_War). As the soldiers tried to make do with the free time they had it wasn’t easy always. In the war some soldiers ate better then others, for example The Union soldiers mostly ate hardtack, meat (salted pork, bacon, or beef), flour, and cornmeal while the Confederate soldiers mostly ate cornmeal, meat, and dried peas. The soldiers did not eat lots of food; sometimes they didn’t even get to eat. The soldiers were not really able to wash, and wore some of the same clothes for days at a time. The soldiers slept in tents; they slept on rugs and homemade pillows and sometimes even the ground; and they also had to sleep in horse poop sometimes (wiki.answer.com). The Union and Confederate armies were haphazardly raised, badly organized, poorly trained, inadequately fed, clothed and housed, and almost wholly without comforts, sports, entertainments or proper medical care.
New Weapons for the Civil War was not such a good idea. The new weapon called the Rifled Musket, had grooves on the inside of the barrel that caused the bullet to spin, allowing it to travel much faster, farther, and with greater accuracy. (Hart, 124) As a result of this new weapon it allowed armies to let loose fire on their own opponents and in some cases kill or harm them. The old tactics and the new weapons was not the best idea because instead of spreading the troops out with the new weapons they placed them closer together which made it a greater impact on one’s own side. Meaning the soldiers where hurting themselves more then the people that they were fighting in the War. As horrible and terrifying the war was over 50 years later soldiers still have thoughts of the war. The state that, “The screaming and bursting of shells…. The death screams of wounded animals”(Hart, 124). Post-traumatic stress disorder, also known as PTSD, is among only a few mental disorders that are triggered by a disturbing outside event, quite unlike other psychiatric disorders such as depression (/www.emedicinehealth.com/post-traumatic_stress_disorder_ptsd/article_em.htm). This disease was one of the most common diseases for most of the soldiers of the Civil War, because of some of the things that they went through. The war had such an affect on soldiers that it stuck with them for long periods at a time.
“I am in hopes that I will get a whole package of letters from you in a few days. I never wanted to see you half as bad in all my life as I do now”
(http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/jcmorris.html). Sometimes soldiers got so down in out that the only way of freedom or even peace was through a package of letters that they got from the people they loved, but sometimes the letters they received didn’t always make them happy. The soldiers also made up lots of songs that give lead way to smiles or laughter. The songs the soldiers and people wrote about spoke about the war and how it was either cruel or good. The songs also talked about religion saying lines like “Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord;”(Battle Hymn of the Republic, http://www.cyberhymnal.org/htm/b/h/bhymnotr.htm). Soldiers also spent most of their free time writing letters to their love ones, playing sports, swimming, and putting on plays to get the war off their minds (Hart, 125). It was hard for the soldiers to try to find things to do but they had to make due, letters were the lead way for the main part of their free time.
The Civil War was not only hard on the soldiers; it was also hard on the family members at home waiting for their love ones to come home. During the Civil War families were left home with deaths, losing friends and family at war. The most important thing they dealt with day to day was not having their loved ones around while being away for along period of time, and wondering if they would ever return home. The Civil War brought a lot of hurt and pain for not only the loved ones of the people that were at war but mainly for the solders that had to deal with being away from them for so long. The family members would write letters back in forth telling each other about every day life and how they were doing. Sometimes they didn’t have any words to say because of how much pain they were feeling. Children without their father’s, brothers, or uncles would write them, telling them how much they missed them. They would ask question like how they were doing, tell them upcoming events in their life, and what that did from day to day. In a letter to her father Georgiana talks to her father about how she was sick so she wasn’t able to write him as soon as she would have liked to, she also says she feels better and for him not to worry bout her (Transcript of a letter from Georgiana Tillotson to her father, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection). A wife writes in a letter to her husband about how she really doesn’t know what she is going to do without him in her life. She goes on saying that she has knows what he is going through is rough but talks about how se really wants him to come home because things are really starting to get crazy at home (transcript of a letter from Maxine Jones to her Husband, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection). For soldiers without out these letters they really could not go on. The letters were a little sparks to make the soldier think that they can go on a little more.
For soldiers in the war Medical Care was not that good at all. Many soldiers who were wounded in battle died where they fell. Those who were found right away often faced severe blows, in were mainly not in the best of hands with the military doctors (Hart, 125). In the 1800’s the knowledge of medical terms and diseases was quite limited because they did no how to treat the soldiers. The surgeons normally worked in clothes that were covered in blood, which was not good for the wounded soldier. They also wiped their hands on their jackets then dipped their surgical tools in dirty water. They also used to use the same tools back to back sometimes without even cleaning them (Hart, 125). Another thing that made the soldiers sick was the water; in this case the soldiers would wash in the water then drink it. Mainly all the soldiers that died died from unsanitary conditions in the camp (Hart, 125).
In conclusion the Civil War was a brutal war with lots of ups and downs. Soldiers were not given the respect they deserved and were not treated well. The Civil War is one of the bloodiest wars and was a poorly constructed war. Surgeons were not prepares and did not have the correct education to try to save any ones life. Family members lost love for no reason in their eyes. As many people that died in the Civil War, is as many people that could have stayed alive in result of things live new weapons that killed even more soldiers.
Bibliography:
Primary Sources:
1. http://spec.lib.vt.edu/cwlove/jcmorris.html
2. Transcript of a letter from Maxine Jones to her Husband, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection
3. Transcript of a letter from A.D. Clifton to his Family, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection
4. Picture:
Civil war soldiers writing home
5. Transcript of a letter from Georgiana Tillotson to her father, Letters From The War, The Gilder Lehrman Collection
Other:
1. Wiki.answer.com
2. History Alive, pgs 124-125(10.4chapter)
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