Skip to main content  Civil War Trust  2013 Essay Contest
Honorable Mention, Senior Division  J'Laan Pittman, 10th Grade
Teacher: Geoff Wickersham School: Wiley E. Groves High School |
Michigan  Preserving 150 Years of History: 1862-1863, Shifting
Tides  History is always an important part of life.  By studying
our predecessors, we can learn from their mistakes to hopefully
avoid ruin.  In the case of our own countries history, we have
an opportunity to actually see places where historic battles or
occurrences happened.  America’s bloodiest war to date, the
Civil War, was fought to free the slaves.  This is a major event
not only for its gore but also because it determined the path of
the country.   Major battles such as Antietam and Gettysburg
were grounds for blood shed; the blood of the countries young
men/women who left their families to fight for freedom.  While
addressing a crowd in Philadelphia, Lincoln once said, “War at
the best is terrible, and this of ours in its magnitude and
duration is one of t