The American Civil War occurred in a time when weapons and tactics revolutionarily changed and evolved the way wars were fought. From traditional lines like those seen in the 18th century and prior‚ to a more modern way of fighting like using trenches and using cover to protect yourself. Changing the psychology of war‚ seen in Sherman’s march‚ and also in the battle of Cold harbor and creating new weapons used like the Gatling-gun and ironclad ships. Before the Civil War‚ infantry soldiers typically
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could overlook. This bitter rivalry was heating up even more so after the Mexican-American war. America won substantial amount of land‚ which stretched all the way to Mexico City. This land would give the south a grand portion of political power‚ surpassing the North. Henry Clay‚ supported by President Fillmore‚ created a compromise with the purpose of peacefully defusing the arguments that arose because of the war. However‚ Congress refused to pass this initial attempt. Fredrick Douglas would not let
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military historians have written about the American Civil war as been the first total war ‚ however it is not enough for one to just agree with this view without understanding in details what total war is all about‚ and what are the characteristics of a total war‚ it also imperative to know whether the American civil war was a total war‚ before proceeding to see if it was the first total war by closely examining what Scholars and war historians have said about the topic‚ some Authors
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Examining the Civil War HIS/110 The Civil War is considered to be greatest war in American history‚ perhaps because it is the only war ever fought on American soil. Three million men fought in this war and 600‚000 died. As of today‚ this war is the most fascinated because it was fought on American soil. There have been many documents and books written about the Civil War‚ this war also settled disputes betweent the states and gave many blacks their freedom. The origins of the American
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To claim that the Civil War was unlike any other war since is to dispute the claims of countless historians who view it as a prelude or prototype for the type of wars that followed‚ “Library shelves groan with works pointing to the Civil War as a harbinger of “total war” in its modern form.” This claim‚ as well as overlooking strategies and tactics that have been applied and evolved through subsequent wars‚ overlooks the significance of ideological warfare and policies of a central government such
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The Civil War Until this day people sill debate about what the main cause of the civil war was. The civil war was a war fought between the Northern and Southern states of the U.S. It was a battle about disagreements between the north and south states that took place all over the U.S. Many of the battles took place from the Mississippi river to the eastern shore. Probably the most gruesome battle of this war was the battle of Gettysburg. Out of the 2.4 million soldiers fighting in this war‚ about
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Why Did The Civil War Happen? Bang! Why did the Civil War start? The main reason of the Civil War was John Brown‚Bleeding Kansas and Abraham Lincoln they all have a lot to do with the Civil War and how it started. It was about freeing slaves and making all states free states for slaves. It was a Civil War because the South was fighting The North because they wanted too free states and other people wanted to keep slaves because they didn’t have to pay them. John Brown was a crazy man basically he
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The Civil War in Sierra Leone I. Introduction Between 1991 and 2002‚ Sierra Leone was heavily damaged by a tremendously violent civil war. This civil war erupted because of the mounting dissatisfaction of the people‚ especially the youth that were engrossed by the rebellious Revolutionary United Front (RUF)‚ towards the politics of the country that was set apart by its corruption‚ negligence and electoral violence. It took the lives of over 50‚000 individuals‚ displaced over two million inhabitants
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The Civil War is remembered by its struggles. The things that men were put through in order to win. Throughout the civil war‚ there were many deaths from not only the fighting but sometimes the lack thereof. Sitting in the camps‚ soldiers were free to catch deadly diseases. These diseases could have been prevented had they had sufficient doctors and nurses. Men were constantly trying to be fit into the little room that hospitals had‚ and fit into the tight schedules that doctors and nurses were trying
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Surveillance of the Civil War The Civil War was a time of tremendous change and innovation. During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries Americans witnessed the invention of numerous life changing machines. The 1800’s brought the arc lamp‚ printing presses‚ photography‚ steam locomotives‚ telegraphs‚ revolvers‚ and the safety pin (About 1). The year of 1783 marked the invention of the air balloon. Over the next few decades scientists and adventurers modified and improved upon the original
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