He then served with the infantry until 1918 at various camps in Texas and Georgia. When World War I began he immediately requested an overseas assignment but was denied, and was assigned to Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. After the war, Eisenhower was promoted to major, a rank he held for 16 years. In 1921, Eisenhower's first born son died of scarlet fever at the age of 3. In 1922 his second son was born.
U.S. Army general soldier, born on July 1, 1877, in Washington, D.C. Benjamin Oliver Davis became the first African American general in the United States Army. Davis attended Howard University. He began his military career as a volunteer during the Spanish-American War in 1898. He was promoted to first lieutenant on March 30, 1905; to captain on December 24, 1915; to major (temporary) on August 5, 1917; and to lieutenant colonel (temporary) on May 1, 1918. He reverted to his permanent rank of captain on October 14, 1919, and was promoted to lieutenant colonel on July 1, 1920; to colonel on February 18, 1930; In 1930, Davis became the first black colonel.
Adelbert Ames was born October 31st, 1835, and died on April 12th, 1933 born in Rockland, Maine. Ames is known as a carpetbagger that is referred to “northerners who held office in the South after the Civil War”. Adelbert was Union officer and Reconstruction governor of Mississippi. Military life has always interested him, and accomplished an appointment to the United States Military Academy. In1861, he entered the service as a second lieutenant of artillery.
Jesse James Criminal or “Robin hood” Jesse Woodson James was born on September 5, 1847 in Western Missouri. Jesse’s father, a Baptist minister, and his mother Zerelda Cole. Jesse had one brother Frank James and other half and step siblings. Jesse’s father died when he was a young boy and his mother remarried more than once. When Jesse was 17 he married a young girl, who was also his first cousin, named Zerelda Mimms.
American History H L. Watson Book Report Due: 10/29/10 The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Federick Douglass Introduction The life of Frederick Douglass was very hard. He was born a slave in February of 1818. Being separated form his mother at just a very young age, he was raised by his grandmother on a plantation. He had several slave owners but the one whose plantation he spoke of the most was Colonel Lloyd. Douglass' focus in this book was to keep record of what i believe to inform the world of the American slave.
Born in Mississippi on June 25, 1933(Wikipedia) He was raised on a farm and shortly after he finished high school he joined the military. Education was very important to James and after he served 9 years in the military he started to attend an all-black college. However that was not enough for James, in 1962 he became the first African-American student at the University of Mississippi and continued to earn his degree in law. He dedicated his life to enforce civil rights for African-Americans. Throughout the next decade people just like James rose and fought for what they believed in, Equality.
BIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY Richard Allen was born into slavery on February 14, 1760, in Philadelphia. Not much is known of his childhood, including the names and birthdates of his parents and siblings. However his father is said to have been of pure African descent while his mother was of mixed blood. At the time of Richard’s birth he and his family were owned by prominent local lawyer Benjamin Chew. However, poor economic conditions and increasing competition from younger lawyers brought about a decline in Chew’s law practice by the latter part of the decade.
Frederick Duglass was born into slavery on February 1818 at a place called Holmes Hill Farm near the town of Easton on the Maryland’s eastern shore. It was part of an estate owned by Aaron Anthony, Manager of the Plantations belonging to Edward Lloyd V. Frederick’s mother (Harriet Bailey) worked in the cornfields surrounding Holmes Hill. Harriet Bailey was required to work long hours, Frederick was sent to stay with his grandmother (Betsey Bailey). The grandmother was to take care of Harriet’s kids till they were old enough to work. Frederick was a slave child of Captain Anthony’s house hold.
His mother was a school teacher and his father worked for the post office as a railway mail clerk. Dr. Julian grew up during the time of Jim Crow Laws. His youth public education for blacks in Alabama ended after 8th grade. Dr. Julian spent his high school years at The State Normal school for negroes in Montgomery. Dr. Julian’s parents encouraged
When the United States refused to surrender Fort Sumter in South Carolina, the Confederates attacked the fort, beginning the American Civil War. Later, four more states (Arkansas, Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina) joined the Confederacy for a total of eleven. In his whole period as President, he had to rebuild the Union with military force and many bloody battles. He also had to stop the "border states", like Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland, from leaving the Union and joining the