professionals in Costa Rica that can train newcomers like myself. It is necessary to be up to date on the new technologies and techniques in supply chain to maintain a competitive business. Technology may represent the turning point on the company ability to create profit on a determinate point and each company should have the tool that can facilitate it processes. Another weakness that I would like to strengthen are my leadership skills. In the last 6 months, I’ve been given the responsibility to supervise
is several times thinking back at something and almost telling about the situation in his mind. One of these memories are for an example, about his former gym teacher having to go to the Olympics back in 1939. It is written from the main characters point of view but narrated by an omniscient third-person, which means that the narrator have access to all characters’ thoughts and feelings throughout the story, as well as knowing their
Battle of Chattanooga in November of 1863, were three of the most important battles fought during the Civil War, making 1863 a turning point in the American Civil War. On July 3, 1863, Major General George Meade defeated Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Gettysburg in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The Battle of Gettysburg was the first serious defeat for Lee, and it prevented a Confederate invasion into the North. Additionally, the battle decimated the Army of Virginia, taking roughly one third of Lee’s troops
Civil War battle to be fought on Northern soil, as a part of the Maryland Campaign. In early September 1862, Robert E. Lee marched his Confederate troops across the Potomac River. On 14 September, Lee’s troops were blocked
Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in United States history. Many argue the proclamation ended slavery which technically it did, but there was a problem. The proclamation applied to the United states Union not the Confederate states. So the slaves were free in the “free states,” but not in the states where slavery was occurring. In the “free states” it seemed for some that slavery was a better route because the conditions and treatment to the slaves were brutal. Some
The first battle of bull run is considered to be the singular starting point that laid the foundation for the entire civil war. The battle would inevitably shape the entire war in one single day. The battle was fought on 21 July 1861 near Bull Run Creek in Manassas, VA. The battle of Bull run was a result of the skirmish at Fort Sumter which was the ignition that began the civil war. The battle of bull run is the "big bang" of the civil war. Strategies, technologies, and the first extended draft
There were many turning points during this time period causing America to suddenly take action. The bloodiest one day battle in American history and the first major battle of the Civil War, was the Battle of Antietam in 1862, which was the first battle to be fought on northern soil. It ended the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia’s first invasion into the North. After the victory, Abraham Lincoln, who was elected president in 1861, announced The Emancipation Proclamation of 1862. This was meant
pocket. We can take all the northern ports of the Confederacy, and they can defy us from Vicksburg” (Lincoln, Togni). Lincoln, along with the entire Union and Confederate army, understood the importance of the city of Vicksburg, located along the Mississippi River. In order to gain control of Vicksburg, the Union placed a siege on the Confederate city. The Siege of Vicksburg was a significant battle in the Civil War and an important victory for the Union. In 1863 the Union army, led by Ulysses S. Grant
The fight went on for six hours until the Confederates were finally driven back. Shortly after that while General Lee was preparing for his large frontal assault on Cemetery hill, there was an encounter between the Union and Confederate cavalries near the Round Tops. The Union won this small battle stopping the Confederate army from breaking through the line. The Confederates then positioned themselves in the woods across from the center of the Union line for
masterpiece. With Confederate troops unclear of his purposes, Grant sent a part of his army under Gen. William T. Sherman to take the state capital, Jackson, while setting his sights on Vicksburg with the purpose of permanently closing the Confederate supply line. When early attacks on the city confirmed the strength of Vicksburg's defenses, the Union army was required to bombard the city. On July 4, 1863, after 46 days of digging trenches and lobbing hand grenades, confederate general John Pemberton's