On the eve of the Civil War‚ the United States was a nation divided into four quite distinct regions: the Northeast‚ with a growing industrial and commercial economy and an increasing density of population; the Northwest‚ now known as the Midwest‚ a rapidly expanding region of free farmers where slavery had been forever prohibited under the Northwest Ordinance; the Upper South‚ with a settled plantation system and (in some areas) declining economic fortunes; and the Southwest‚ a booming frontier-like
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to the begging of America. He goes back and he says that war is to fight for America‚ to preserve its existence as a republic. He never referred to the two as the north or the south. He referred to everyone as a nation‚ to be one and not to be seperated. He doesn’t mention slavery or politics at all. He wants to save all of america and not lose so much more people.
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southern having completely different views on states being able to rule themselves. The election of Abraham Lincoln led many southern states to secede from the Union. The South was strongly opposed to Lincoln and his policies. “Lincoln won not a single electoral vote in the South‚ and his Republican Party had vowed to prevent the extension of slavery.” 1 South Carolina was the first states to secede from the Union and gradually more and more southern states followed. Jefferson Davis emerged as the President
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as the Battle of Gettysburg. Had Lee obliged Longstreet in his persistence of a defensive strategy‚ the Confederate Army very well could have won the war. Instead‚ the Union succeeded in holding their ground atop a hillside and thus defeating the Confederate Army and ultimately winning the war. One contemplates the motivations of both the Confederates and the Union soldiers in the United States Civil War. Was it money? Power? Dominance? Michael Shaara‚ author of The Killer Angels suggests alternative
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that a confederate general by the name of Albert Sidney Johnston heroically declared “ We must conquer or perish.” His union counterpart general Ulysses S. Grant claim‚ “ There are but few such battles in the history of the world as important as this one.” The clash between the confederate and the union troops is recorded in red several
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MISSION COMMAND ANALYSIS: COLONEL JOSHUA CHAMBERLAIN AT THE BATTLE OF LITTLE ROUND TOP In late June 1863‚ Confederate General Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia passed through western Maryland and invaded Pennsylvania. General Lee believed that by invading the North‚ he could draw the Union Army of the Potomac away from their defenses and force them to come after him. He also assumed the people of the North would be so demoralized if the Union were to lose another major battle‚ especially
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south chance of winning the war. The south suffered great losses of men and of supplies fighting these battles. The Confederate army lost control of the last fort around the Mississippi River splitting the south in half. Such a tremendous loss in Gettysburg Lee had no chance of invading the north. His army was rendered incapable of efficient action after the loss. The Confederate army was driven back into Virginia without the victory they left for. The Battle of Vicksburg wasn’t really a battle
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North America during the Civil War era was as common as having a house pet today. Slaves were being sold like cattle to work on the cotton fields for the farmers mainly in the Southern Region of the United States. In the North‚ the economy was based on factories and wages compared to the South who had large plantations which needed the slaves to pick cotton. These different economies caused divisions in the United States. Soon the states started separating themselves creating Southern States which
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divisions of about 30‚000 men. These divisions were commanded by Tyler‚ Hunter‚ Heintzelman‚ and Miles. The Confederate command structure was somewhat more unwieldy‚ including two "armies"‚ with no division structure and thirteen independent brigades under Bonham‚ Ewell‚ Jones‚ Longstreet‚ Cocke‚ Early‚ Holmes‚ Kershaw‚ Evans‚ Jackson‚ Bartow‚ Bee‚ Smith‚ and a cavalry brigade under Stuart. The Confederate Army of the Potomac was under the command of Brigadier General Pierre G. T. Beauregard‚ and the Army
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The Battle of Gettysburg was fought by the largest number of soldiers‚ totaling 172‚000 young men (“American Civil War”). During the Civil War‚ our nation was divided by the North (Union Army) and the South (Confederate Army) for opposing viewpoints on slavery and states’ rights. The Battle of Gettysburg was fought over three long‚ arduous days. The soldiers struggled under their respected generals in a 25 mile battle zone (“American Civil War”). This battle was a triumphant victory and a heart-wrenching
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