Battle Essays

The Battle of Fort Pillow

It is almost as difficult to find consistent information about the incident at Fort Pillow as it is to determine the moral significance of its outcome. Scholars disagree about exactly what transpired on April 12, 1864 at Fort Pillow, when General Nathan Bedford Forrest captured the fort with his 1,500 troops and claimed numerous Union [...]

The Spanish Armada

The Spanish Armada was a great Spanish fleet sent by King Philip II of Spain in 1588 to invade England.  It was ironically called “Invincible.”  During the late 1500’s, Spain was the major international power over much of the known world (Goldman 1).  Spain’s leader, King Philip II, wanted to conquer the Protestants from England [...]

The First Battle of Manassas

On a hot summer day in July of 1861 there stood about 30,000 Union troops lead by General Irvin McDowell ready to march out and capture Richmond and end the war.  For the troops were young volunteers and thought that the battle would only last one day.  But they were wrong for the battle of [...]

Othello – Battle of Good vs. Evil

“I am not what I am.” What is Iago? — as distinct from what he pretends to be — and what are his motives?
In Shakespeare’s, Othello, the reader is presented the classic battle between the deceitful forces of evil and the innocence of good. It are these forces of evil that ultimately lead to the [...]

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