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= = = Kirk Isaiah Livingston Liver Edmond Dahvie = Gender: Male Age: 23 DOB: October 31, 1827 =__About me:__= Hobbies: Writing speeches and learning to sing, trimming my beard Likes: Writing, Reading, Singing, ruining battle plans, looking at my reflection Dislikes: Planning battle plans, not talking, walking, Books: The Bible and ones I have tried to write Religion: Catholic Relationship Status: ……………… Political views: Who ever wins in the end is the side I'm on Quotes: “He who laughs during battle has gone mad”-Me (duh) Profession/History: I was an officer for the South working alongside Robert E. Lee. This was until I had decided that if the South lost then people in the North would hate me so I quit. Now I work for both sides and when I feel like doing something interesting. I always end up ruining the battle plans of the side that i am on at that point of the war.

=__Status Updates__= //__**1850**__//: Today on September 18, they passed some law or comprise. I don’t know exactly what it’s about but I do know that it has something to do with slavery. I think it’s about how the slaves have to be returned to their proper owners. //**__March 4 1853:__**// Today Franklin Pierce was made president. Sadly, some time before he became president his child died in a train accident. I wonder if this will impair his judgment on any decision he makes while in office. __//**June 24, 1853:**//__ That new president signed the Gadsden Purchase. I think it is about land that was purchased to use as a building site for the transcontinental railroad. When I asked some of the soldiers of the South what it was for, they told me something about how it would increase trading opportunities. __//**January 23, 1854:**//__ The Kansas-Nebraska Act was talked about in Congress today. I don’t see what the big deal is. It’s just something that makes the people that live in the affected area decide if they want to allow slavery on their land. Well, I can see where it may cause some debate. __//**July 31, 1854**//__: Ulysses S. Grant, a dear old partner in the army, resigned. When I heard this I was feeling desolate for many days after. I wonder what affect his disappearance will have on the civil war. //**__November 17, 1856__**//: Some of the land that was bought in the New Mexico territory was used to establish Fort Buchanan on Sonoito creek. Although the U.S bought the land, it seems like Congress was at an impasse. Obviously they didn’t know what to do with the situation. //**__March 4, 1857__**//: James Buchanan was made president. He had a parade for him and everything. I wonder why what was so special about him. Maybe I should pay more attention to politics rather than ruining the battle plans for the North and the South. __//**October 16, 1859**//__: I can’t believe this. There is a letter going around saying that Lee, my dear old friend was going around whipping slaves. Whether it may be true or not I still want to believe that he is a good guy, even if he does support slavery and I am still passive about it.

__Notes #1__
 * Write about one or two African Americans that you have head speak or whose speeches you have read in the newspapers.**

--- What did Sojourner Truth mean in her speech “Ain’t I a woman”? In her speech she wanted to tell all men that even though she was a Negro that she deserved as much rights as the white woman . She felt that she should be helped in to carriages and such . Yet no one does this for her, they treat her as if she is a man . I think that even though she tells all the ‘perks ’ of being a white woman, she should think more of how easier it seems that black woman have it . They don’t worry about their appearance or people who they have to meet . Although she can eat like a man and work like one, it doesn’t make her one . She can bear children and she looks like a woman . That should be enough to prove that she is indeed a woman . She also says how people tell her that woman can’t have the same rights because Christ was not a woman, he was a man . She goes on telling that Christ came from a woman and God . Also how Christ would not exist if it weren’t for a woman giving birth to him . Lastly she says that men have caused the world to turn upside and that woman alone are the ones that can turn it right side up and keep it that way . I somewhat agree with that, without woman most men will be lost . My relationships have been somewhat complicated though . Although I can see she makes a good point I think she just like talks but doesn’t do as much as she could . Hey, I might be wrong but I don’t care . I think she could do more <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. My judgment may be impaired because I just got shot <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. Oh well it doesn’t matter <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. I shouldn’t be writing but I just wanted to get my point across, even if it doesn’t make sense <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.

__<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Notes #2 __
 * What is slavery and why does it exist? **

<span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">--- What was the point of having slaves? <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">Well in my opinion I don’t really know nor care, I mean if the North wins then I’ll never get slaves and say that it’s wrong to enslave people against their will and we should pay them if they are going to work for us <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I would also hate the law that says that any slave found must be returned to its rightful owner <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Like why would I would through all this trouble <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> If they escaped I will turn a blind eye and let them escape <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I mean like no one has the right to own anyone <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> They are people too <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> If you are someone who would still turn a slave in even though you ‘support’ the North, you are just a traitor <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> On the other hand, if the South wins then I will support slavery <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I would even get a plantation and all that good stuff <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Maybe I’ll plant cotton since it’s popular right now <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I think I may also grow some tobacco <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I could win a lot of money now too, all thanks to that cotton gin <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Just imagine if I had 1 in-a-half square miles with 40 slaves and who knows how many cotton gins <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> That would be mighty nice to have <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> One thing that I would never do it rape a slave <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I may support the South if they win, but I will never stoop that low <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I still have morals <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I believe in god so I wouldn’t be like all the other slave owners <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I would still pay close attention to what the bible says <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I am a god-fearing man no matter what side I’m on <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> The Bible is my friend and nowhere does it say that I must hurt a woman to feel power <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Maybe I believe in the words of Sojourner Truth more than I like to admit <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> Man, that shot to the head really did mess with my mind <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">. <span style="font-family: Arial; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;"> I don’t even know what to believe in anymore <span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 18.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">.

__Notes #3__ ---Why was the war fought? I personally do believe that the war was pointless <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. As Robert (E <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. Lee) had once pointed out to me, “I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. This he had meant as a joke, but I took it personally <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. I went out and decided that I would be my own man and control what I do, which means that I would fight for either side <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. Which meant that I would fight on either side. I now controlled my own actions. I now control my own actions <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. Whoever is winning at the time is the side I fight for <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. When I had fought for the North at one point, I had asked some solders what it was that they were fighting for. Some of them could not even answer me. They were simply fighting because they were told to. From what I have seen so far, those people up North who oppose slavery are winning <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. When I asked the people in the South what it was that they were fighting for, they gave me much more information than I needed they kept saying they needed slaves to work for them and blah blah blah <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. They really did talk too much <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. This may be one reason why I decided to leave them in the first place <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. They were forcing me to believe and only believe in that slaves were great to have <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. I wanted to be my own person just like Robert said, so I changed sides often <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. This also gave me a better view on the war and what had caused it <span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Cambria; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt;">. The North wanted it cause they didn’t like slavery and wanted for the slaves to be treated like all the other people. The South wanted it because they wanted the slaves to plant their crops and then harvest them. I still wonder why the North stayed quiet when I had asked them about the war. This is one thing i could never understand about this war. No matter how many times i ask them or how many conversations I listened to, i could never figure out why.
 * Reflect on the Civil War; where is the country headed in 1865? **