The Secession and Ft. Sumter involved the South, North, South Carolina, and Fort Sumter and it affected the North, South, the Union, and South Carolina. The South seceded from the Union after the Election of 1860. They felt that they had no representation in the government once Lincoln became the President. The Southern territories consolidated and formed the “Confederate States of America” . To wholly transform the states in the Confederacy, the South captured Fort Sumter which was being controlled by Robert Anderson, a former slave owner. This was the first act of aggression in the Civil War. The North did not want to begin a Civil War with the South. Once, the North learned about the South’s bombardment of Fort Sumter, they were ambitious…
After a few days, 92,000 people had already signed up. This also made people from the South decide to join the Confederacy army. The North obeyed the President, but the South felt like if had the right to secede. One of the Battle of Fort Sumter’s most immediate consequences was the secession of Arkansas, North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia from the Union to take part of the Confederacy. The states in which slavery was legal (Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri) stayed loyal to the Union. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, the states were force to pick a side now that the war over slavery and states’ rights had begun. Lincoln though this would be a short war, but it actually lasted 4 years and over 2 million men fought as part of the Union…
Prior to 1860 the United States was already split into opposing sides fighting for power. Although these conflicts never reached the battlefield, the slave’s states and Free states were always competing for representation in congress. South Carolina felt that certain powers were restrained from them and it imperiled their continued existence as sovereign states (DOC A). So, as the leader, they declared secession with several states following shortly after. They were then called the Confederate states of America. This was so revolutionary because the Union destroyed everything in the South and it led to the strengthening of Federal Power over the states.…
The North (Union) fought on for the sake of keeping the country united under one flag and one leader. Their ideas were like those of the northern abolitionists – they opposed the ideas of slavery being continued and fought to give the blacks the freedom that they ever so rightfully deserved. This reason to go to war, although just, was a very weak call to arms for many of the union soldiers. They constantly debated on whether it was really worth putting their lives on the line for a union that was already broken. The South fought for the people dwelling within – for their families and neighbors. “He fought for his people, for the children and the kin,” (Shaara…
Slavery was a big deal in the 1860’s which lead to The Civil War lasting from 1861-1865. The Civil War was known as the bloodiest four years in American history. America was split up into two parts which were the North and South. The North was known as the Union and the South was known as the Confederacy. Jefferson Davis was the president of the Confederacy and Abraham Lincoln was the president of the Union.…
Not only did sailors play a big part in the Civil War, so did soldiers. Not including the Union Navy, about 180,000 African-Americans served in the Union Army. Since white soldiers believed black men lacked the courage to fight, blacks were given the chance to show whites the amount of courage they possessed, giving them a chance for equal rights. Until 1962, Abraham Lincoln feared letting African-Americans into the military.…
The plan worked most of the time, except for the fact that the confederates had fewer ships called blockade runners. Most of these ships got through the blockade. If they did they make it through they made lots of money. The Union Navy captured or destroyed 1500 blockade runners. The blockade covered 3500 miles and 180 ports. Most Union soldiers were white from ages 14 to 45. Most Confederate soldiers were under 30. More than half the Confederate soldiers were farmers. Almost half of the Union soldiers were farmers.The Union Army was better supplied than the Confederates. The Union’s population was around 18.5 million people. The Confederate’s population was 5.5 million people and 3.5 million enslaved soldiers. The Union had more money than the Confederates. The Union Army had 2,672,341 soldiers in the Army. The Confederate’s had between 750,000 to 1,227,890. The Union had 101,000 factories, 1.1 million factory workers, and 20,000 miles of railroad. The Confederates had 21,000 factories, 111,000 factory workers, and 9,000 miles of railroad. The Union consisted of 48% farmers, 24% mechanics, 16% laborers, 5% Commercial, 4% miscellaneous, and 3% professional. The confederates consisted of 69% farmers,9% laborers, 5.3% mechanics, 55 commercial, 2.1% professional, and 1.6%…
These Texas Soldiers of the 4th Infantry were part of over 70,000 Texans that would take up arms in support of the Confederate Army during the Civil War. The state required that all able bodied men 18 to 45 years old enlist in the Army. These particular Texans had a deep reputation to uphold. When…
Though the Union and Confederate soldiers both fought for the victory of their nations, each side had its own reasoning and purpose for doing so. Soldiers relied on their families from home and in battle for encouragement. They wanted to fight not only for their nation, but for their family at home. They didn't want to let them down, alongside of their nation. Their family in regiments was just as beloved. They all felt the same pain and pride, therefore becoming closer to one another. They'd watch each other win and watch each other die. Backing out of it was the last thing they wanted to do and be considered a coward. Soldiers had rather die of honor than live a coward. They were all in it together and that bond with each other kept them from giving up. The leaves that were given gave those enlisted a break from the soldier life for a short period, which was a great privilege. The problem was that the leaves were abused and soldiers wouldn't come back when their time was up, therefore being a deserter. The government wasn't in control enough to do anything about the deserters.…
The American Civil War, was fought from 1861 to 1865. It was caused by the disagreement over the future of slavery between the industrialized North and the agrarian South. That dispute led to secession. The North’s initial political objective was clear: to restore the Union. Later, emancipation, or freeing the slaves, became another objective. The Confederacy (South) wanted its independence. The Secession led to the Civil War. The victory of Union in the Civil War was a product of many factors. Yet three most notable ones are: the “simultaneous pressure” of the North, offensive-defensive strategy of the South, and the crucial victory of the North in the Battle of the Antietam.…
In the spring of 1861, decades of simmering tensions between the northern and southern United States, over issues including states' rights versus federal authority, along with westward expansion and slavery, exploded into the American Civil War. The Civil War broke out because of uncompromising differences between the free and slave states, feuding over the power of the national government to prohibit slavery in the territories that had not become states just yet. When Abraham Lincoln won the election in 1860, he was the first Republican president pledging to keep slavery out of the territories (McPherson, “A Brief Overview of the American Civil War”). Seven slave states in the Deep South seceded and formed a new nation, the Confederate States of America. According to an article in the Civil War Daily Gazette, it is said that Southern General Robert E. Lee was actually against succession, but he was dedicated to fighting for his home state of Virginia (“Robert E. Lee’s Letter Against Secession”). Battles broke out across the North and the South, and many lives were lost. Alabama was the site for about 7 of these Civil War battles, including the Battle of Mobile Bay and the Battle of Selma. With the Civil War being fought so close to home, it is understandable why the…
America was a divided nation during the Civil War, starting in 1861 and ending in 1865, the battles were fought on Northern and Southern lands. The Union was faced with eleven states in the South for secession, who wanted nothing more than to be disconnected from the United States. This war was fueled by many disputes, sectionalism being the leading cause. Sectionalism within the United States hindered unity within the country due to expansion issues and conflicting views on slavery.…
In the beginning, the southerner’s morale was fueled by the hatred they had. The hatred they had toward the north was because of the fact that the south was not being properly represented in Congress and they did not have a voice in national affairs. As had been noted, this hatred was the inspiration the southerners needed to fight a long, drawn-out war with the Union because it gave them the morale they needed. Over the course of the war, the CSA’s morale decreased because soldiers was forgetting the motive they were even fighting for and they yearned to return to their families. In addition to this, the morale also decreased because of the North’s victories trampled over the south throughout the progression of the…
All throughout the southern United States of America, cries of secession rang out as the South readied itself to leave its place in the United States. The country split as the South began to leave the nation, state by state, one by one. Standing separately, the two nations, the United States of America and the newly formed Confederate States of America, prepared for war. The Civil War began due to a structural failure of the Constitution which caused for several differences to form between the North and South, eventually leading to the South’s secession from the Union.…
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.…