A+Confederate+Account+of+the+Battle+of+Gettysburg

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The American Civil War was one fought by two armies, the Union Army and the Confederate Army. It was a bloody, violent war that evoked many deep feelings from those in which it touched. Whether it be the generals, the soldiers, or the civilians, the war took a toll on all that inhabited the country. Many of the key events of the war and the emotions of the people involved in the war have been recorded through letters, novels, diary entries, journals, and newspapers. The feelings and emotions of a particular soldier describing the Battle of Gettysburg have been captured in his journal entry entitled, "A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg". It was written by a Confederate soldier and portrays his true emotions and what he saw and felt during the war. The support for the war was very strong in the South, or from the Confederate standpoint, however, the North, or the Union, was not so inviting to the idea. Much of the North was torn between whether war was even the right move, but whether or not it was right, it was inevitable. The Confederate soldier goes on to describe his bloody and most terrifying account of the battle between the Confederates and the Union army. Surely, the publishing of this account was meant to prove that war should not be taken lightly.

When 9/11 passed, its passing forged the way for the War on Terror, a blinding, bloody, unconquerable war that would steal the lives of many, with no telling when it will end. The war on terror is being fought by the Coalition forces. It has engulfed much of the Middle East, with many countries harboring troops for deployment as well as those leaving the countries that are under attack, the Middle East has become a place of violence and disorder. Modern day Iraq, the country in which the war is being fought, is being occupied by Coalition troops and the lives of those living in Iraq have been greatly affected by this inconvenience. This situation is similar to that between the North and the South in the Civil War. A majority of the fighting occurred in the South, affecting the lives of the people in the South in nearly the same way as the Iraqi people. Similarly to the Civil War, the Iraqi insurgents are also the minority, with less sophisticated weaponry, and also a far less industrialized society. The similarities between these two events are numerous.

The blog entry covered is that of an Iraqi citizen who is living in Baghdad. His entry is one that describes her personal feelings towards the war, as well as the emotions and affects that the war has made on many other Iraqis just like himself. It is a description of a single event that occurred during a day of his life, and it, like the other literary piece, has to do with war. Both pieces also share a common correlation to realism, and the fact they both give first hand accounts of an actual event.

__A Confederate Account of the Battle of Gettysburg__

Analysis of the Literature

"The Battle of Gettysburg (July 1 – July 3,1836), fought in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, as part of the Gettysburg Campaign , was the bloodiest battle of the American Civil War and is frequently cited as the war's turning point . Union Major General George G. Meade's Army of the Potomac defeated attacks by Confederate General Robert E. Lee's Army of Norther Virginia, ending Lee's invasion of the North ."

"The Iraq War (March 20, 2003 to present), sometimes known as the Second Gulf War, is an ongoing war that began with the coalition invasion of Iraq in 2003. The coalition overthrew Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein and occupied Iraq in an attempt to establish a new governmental regime. However, the coalition was unsuccessful at restoring order to the entire country, leading to asymmetric warfare with the Iraqi insurgency and civil warfare between Sunni and Shia Iraqis. Despite this failure to restore order, a growing number of coalition nations have decided to withdraw troops from Iraq. The causes and consequences of the war remain controversial."

[|An Iraqi Account of the War on Iraq]

[|An Iraqi Account of the War on Iraq]

Analysis of An Iraqi Account of the War on Iraq



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