Essay On Civil War Waste
Virgilio Colon
5/8/2014
MR.Bernstein
Civil War Waste
The Civil War tore America in two, brother fought brother in America 's bloodiest war ever. The Confederates (The South) stood on one side, proslavery, disgruntled against the Northern Union’s treatment of Southern rights, specifically regarding the right to slaves. On the other side stood the Union, enraged that the South would dare declare themselves independent, and break away from the Union. The civil war resulted in the most American deaths, above any other war, totaling at just over 620,000 U.S deaths. With the exorbitant amount of bloodshed that took place in the war, the question comes to bear, was the Civil War worth it? The Civil War was not a waste, because it led to the freedom of slaves, whose hardships were devastating, also it reunited an angry country and set the country onto the path of becoming the liberal and righteous country it is today through the ratification of several amendments.
The Civil War led to Abraham Lincoln 's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, on January 1st 1863, which issued the freedom of all African Americans deemed slaves in the Southern Confederate states, The Emancipation Proclamation specifically states " by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare …show more content…
I respectfully disagree with this claim I believe that the war gave way for major changes to take place in America, which were worth the deaths of the War. The war played a major role in the abolishment of slavery, the ratification of the thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth amendment, and The Civil War also reassembled America through the reunification of The Union and The South. Therefore, even though it is obvious the loss of life was devastating, it is also obvious that the fruits brought to bear thanks, to the war were worth
5/8/2014
MR.Bernstein
Civil War Waste
The Civil War tore America in two, brother fought brother in America 's bloodiest war ever. The Confederates (The South) stood on one side, proslavery, disgruntled against the Northern Union’s treatment of Southern rights, specifically regarding the right to slaves. On the other side stood the Union, enraged that the South would dare declare themselves independent, and break away from the Union. The civil war resulted in the most American deaths, above any other war, totaling at just over 620,000 U.S deaths. With the exorbitant amount of bloodshed that took place in the war, the question comes to bear, was the Civil War worth it? The Civil War was not a waste, because it led to the freedom of slaves, whose hardships were devastating, also it reunited an angry country and set the country onto the path of becoming the liberal and righteous country it is today through the ratification of several amendments.
The Civil War led to Abraham Lincoln 's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation, on January 1st 1863, which issued the freedom of all African Americans deemed slaves in the Southern Confederate states, The Emancipation Proclamation specifically states " by virtue of the power, and for the purpose aforesaid, I do order and declare …show more content…
I respectfully disagree with this claim I believe that the war gave way for major changes to take place in America, which were worth the deaths of the War. The war played a major role in the abolishment of slavery, the ratification of the thirteenth fourteenth and fifteenth amendment, and The Civil War also reassembled America through the reunification of The Union and The South. Therefore, even though it is obvious the loss of life was devastating, it is also obvious that the fruits brought to bear thanks, to the war were worth