fighting in the war because they need their freedom‚ the war is about slavery‚ and the Emancipation Proclamation is taking action. These soldiers are currently fighting for their freedom. In the beginning they were not able to fight because the Confederacy and the Union thought they would be useless‚ so they are in charge of being able to feed the soldiers and help out. Now they are allowed to fight with either side and that is fantastic! All the black soldiers think that at the end of the war they
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The Northern economy helped them have much greater supply of resources compared to the South. On the other hand‚ the Confederacy had slaves which helped provide food for the army and provide the most important good of all‚ cotton. The South was able to use cotton as diplomatic weapon which they thought they could use to persuade France or Britain to assist or side with the Confederacy. We can also see this as a disadvantage to the Northern economy because they had no such tool or weapon to use to obtain
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battle which would be 23‚040 for the union ‚ and 20‚000- 25‚000 for the confederacy. After the loss of many soldiers were killed‚ wounded‚ or missing leaving both armies in lost. The confederacy was hurt the most because of their loss of men. Casualties was a part of the reason why the Battle of Gettysburg was a turning point in the civil war because even though both armies were hurt the union was not hurt worse than the confederacy which gave them an advantage in the
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secession was the ultimate expression of democracy‚ while Lincoln claimed it was rejection of democracy. How did they explain and justify their principles.” On December 20‚ 1860‚ the Confederacy was born when South Carolina seceded from the federal Union. The Union and the Confederacy severely clashed in their views on the Constitution; the South felt that individual states should have the right to nullify laws‚ while Abraham Lincoln believed the federal government should appoint
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is only half of a question by itself‚ for the other half is "Why did the South lose the Civil War?" To this day historians have tried to put their finger on the exact reason for the South losing the war. Some historians blame the head of the confederacy Jefferson Davis; however others believe that it was the shear numbers of the Union (North). The advantages and disadvantages are abundant on either sides of the argument‚ but the most dominate arguments on why the South lost the war would be the
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represents people wanting to govern themselves. The Confederacy had two flags. One being a national flag or “the stars and bars” and the other to be a battle flag. The southern people believed their national flag was to be respected and not to be used in battle so they wanted a battle flag. Two men by the names‚ P.G.T. Beauregard and Congressman William P. Miles came up with the design. These men were chosen because of their active duty within the Confederacy. Both showed much pride and served with active
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population in the North benefited them in defeating the Confederate Army and winning the Civil War. Industrial economy‚ transportation systems‚ and population were all significant aspects in the North’s victory over the South in the Civil War. The Confederacy lacked the necessities needed to win the war and was no match for the innovative North. The North had all the key resources needed to win the war making it nearly impossible to be defeated by
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Evaluate the role of General Sherman in the defeat of the Confederacy. William Tecumseh Sherman was an American soldier‚ businessman‚ educator and author. He served as a General in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He was a renowned general and received commendation for his outstanding command of military strategy‚ as well as being criticised for his harshness of the “scorched earth” policies that he implemented in conducting total war against the South. Sherman’s attitude to war and
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The popular outlook of the American Civil War is that the Confederacy was defeated by the Union Army with the combined leadership of Lincoln‚ Grant‚ and Sherman. They lost because of the Union’s overwhelming manpower and economic advantages. However‚ there is more to it than just that. In the book Confederate Reckoning‚ author Stephanie McCurry states that the Confederate States of America did themselves in due to structural issues within their society. The book presents a “political history of the
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America between the North (Union) and the South (Confederacy) starting from 1861 and ending in 1865. This war was one of the most destructive events in American history‚ costing more than 600‚000 lives. From the Southern point of view‚ this war was a War for Southern Independence. From the Northern point of view this war was seen as a revolution. This unfortunate war started as a result of many years of differences between the Union and the Confederacy. It erupted after many years of conflict building
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