Research Paper About Civil War
Civil War Research Paper On April 12, 1861, the Confederacy declared war against the Union because both the South and the North had different outtakes on U.S problems. The Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865, but along the way it caused lots of geographic changes. Although it ended four years later, many problems damaged both sides of the United States, especially the South. Southern women faced starvation and poverty when their husbands and sons, who took care of the farms, went away to war. In the South, there were many riots by women demanding for supplies to provide for their families during this time. The Union would often steal crops and livestock from the South, causing the Southerners to have no food to give to their families.
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At the beginning, what they now call "Southern Cooking" came from Native Americans, Spanish explorers, Africans, Creoles, and the French. African Americans had even created a simple and inexpensive food style, known today as "Soul Food". They would eat food they were able to afford because the more money you had, the more you could afford. If you were working on a farm, you would produce your own food, and whatever was decided upon would be breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper. However, once the Civil War began, it had a major impact on the South and the food that the citizens had access …show more content…
Jefferson Davis even tried to stop a riot by paying off Richmond housewives, but they refused his money and continued to argue with each other. Yet, the more money a family had the less the civil war impacted them on food, and the less the witnessed these types of things. Later in the war, around 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta. His army was determined to deny food to Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia and destroy the will of Southerners to fight. Sherman believed in taking what he wanted from anyone no matter what it did to Southern civilians, and he had a map of Georgia crop fields. Although, the Union didn't stop there, they continued to take away every last resource the South had until they would crumble and
At the beginning, what they now call "Southern Cooking" came from Native Americans, Spanish explorers, Africans, Creoles, and the French. African Americans had even created a simple and inexpensive food style, known today as "Soul Food". They would eat food they were able to afford because the more money you had, the more you could afford. If you were working on a farm, you would produce your own food, and whatever was decided upon would be breakfast, lunch, dinner, and supper. However, once the Civil War began, it had a major impact on the South and the food that the citizens had access …show more content…
Jefferson Davis even tried to stop a riot by paying off Richmond housewives, but they refused his money and continued to argue with each other. Yet, the more money a family had the less the civil war impacted them on food, and the less the witnessed these types of things. Later in the war, around 1864, Union General William Tecumseh Sherman captured Atlanta. His army was determined to deny food to Robert E. Lee's army in Virginia and destroy the will of Southerners to fight. Sherman believed in taking what he wanted from anyone no matter what it did to Southern civilians, and he had a map of Georgia crop fields. Although, the Union didn't stop there, they continued to take away every last resource the South had until they would crumble and