When the Confederate Army General Robert E. Lee surrendered to the Union Army General‚ Ulysses S. Grant at the Appomattox Courthouse on April 9‚ 1865‚ many considered the Civil War to be over. The fact that the North was victorious over the South was accepted and the process of reconstruction began in America. It was never openly discussed on why the North defeated the South. However‚ the question began to slowly arise over time on why the South lost the Civil War. Many historians have become
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What was the compromise of 1850? The Compromise of 1850 was a series of five bills that were intended to stave off sectional strife. Its goal was to deal with the spread of slavery to territories in order to keep northern and southern interests in balance. What was the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850? The passage of this Act along with slaveholding rights in Texas allowed California to enter the union as a free state and prohibited the slave trade in the District of Columbia. a.What was the
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to capture Savannah‚ Georgia. The army marched in four columns using a route that was 60 miles wide. This victory would assure Lincoln would be reelected. After Savannah he went north and after destroying railroads and other resources defeated Confederate General Johnston on April 26. How did this campaign reflect the changing nature of war? - Sherman’s campaign would add a new dimension to this war. It would be defined as Total War. It is interesting to consider that Alexander the Great embraced
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Though in 1863 before the Emancipation Proclamation came about General Grant made a statement after capturing the Confederates in Vicksburg. It was too one of his best friends Elihu Washburne a Congressman. It was “The people of the North need not quarrel over the institution of slavery” (Huebner). Grant had sent this letter in a critical time when the Union was getting a tone of victories and at the same time being backed up by reinforcement. This came in a critical time when Grant had won the Battle
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In 1861 delegates from all over the south met in Montgomery‚ Alabama‚ to establish a new nation. This new nation would be called the Confederate States of America‚ declaring itself a provisional(temporary) Congress. “The countries that attended this convention were Alabama‚ Florida‚ Georgia‚ Louisiana‚ Mississippi‚ South Carolina‚ and Texas. Jefferson Davis and Alexander Stephens were chosen unanimously as the provisional president and the vice president in order to convince the other undecided slave
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divided America‚ from the tactical planning to the emotional hardships The book opened with a sodden Confederate spy as he blazed through the Union lines in the dead of night on June 29‚ 1863 toward the headquarters of Confederate general Robert E. Lee with news of the Army of the Potomac as they converged on the Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg. The next few days followed the various Union and Confederate regiments as they regrouped from the previous Battles of Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville and
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I don’t believe we can have an army without music.” —Robert E. Lee. “If we’d had your music‚ sir‚ we’d have whipped you out of your boots.” — A Confederate officer at Appomattox to his Union counterpart”. The outcome of the Civil War was solely based on the North’s access to music. It gave both sides a way to express their views and differences. Music comforted‚ entertained and gave soldiers something to do other than worry about loved ones. At home‚ it distracted families from all the fears
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backgrounds and beliefs in certain ideals. Nevertheless‚ historians agree unanimously that Burnside had a large impact on outcome of the Battle of Antietam. Most historians believed the Battle of Antietam was the pivotal point of the Civil War. For the Confederates‚ it was an opportunity that would allow the South to fight an offensive war and to persuade Britain to intervene in their favor. For the Union‚ it was a victory that finally gave Lincoln the confidence to announce his Emancipation Proclamation
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10 * Alabama – Jan. 11 * Georgia – Jan. 19 * Louisiana – Jan. 26 * Texas – Feb. 1 * Feb. 1861 – representatives of the seven seceded states met at Montgomery‚ Alabama and formed a new nation‚ The Confederate States of America. * Northern response was confused and indecisive * Pres. James Buchanan told Congress in Dec. 1860 that no state had the right to secede from the Union but suggested the Federal Gov. had no authority to stop a
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General Picket would lead his men through the open field in order to assault the Union center; this was the first time that he would lead his men into battle. As the Division of Confederate forces advanced upon the defensive lines‚ the Union artillery began to fire on the advancing soldiers. The cannon fire would easily hit and break the lines of the advancing men. As the assault grew closer to the defensive perimeter the Union Artillery began to fire canisters upon the approaching troops‚ canisters
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