On the North’s side of the Civil war‚ there were many Generals who helped defeat the Confederate States‚ but Ulysses S. Grant may have been the most important general. Without his knowledge and skill‚ the North most likely wouldn’t have won the war. Before Grant was a general in the Civil War‚ he worked on his family’s farm as a teen. At age 17‚ he entered the U.S. Military Academy at West Point‚ New York. He graduates from West Point in 1843‚ at age 21. Here is where he learned his skills and knowledge
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all history‚ no nation of mere agriculturists ever made successful war against a nation of mechanics You are bound to fail." Union officer William Tecumseh Sherman to a Southern friend. "Why did the North win the Civil War?" 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;
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a free state‚ but also stating slavery would be prohibited anywhere north of the southern boundary of Missouri in the future. The Missouri compromise had initially handled the status of slavery before 1846‚ from the procurement of the Louisiana purchase‚ which was the first large purchase of land. The question of western expansion of slavery into these new territories was now the beginning of what started the era of the civil war and the great divide of the American people. The new territories did
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to agree to a cause equally‚ something the North and South could not do! North and South could never agree on many things‚ causing the Civil War. The Civil War includes some of the most cruel‚ bloody wars anyone has ever seen. The reasons of the war affected so much‚ the country is split into two. Reasons for South fighting One of the reasons for the South fighting against North is slavery‚ one of the main reasons for the war. In the split of the North and South‚ the South developed tensions and
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The North took victory in the civil war against the South. The North had several of advantages when it came to defeating the other side.The blockade. As the war progressed the blockade of Southern ports slowly became more effective‚ closing the ports and thus cutting off the vital supplies needed to fight the war. This includes medicine. The South had to rely on Europe even more so than the North for supplies with which to fight the war so by eliminating more and more ports into which the supplies
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first Punic War began in 264 B.C. and was fought between Carthage and Rome jostling to control Sicily because of its prime trade location‚ resulting in a Roman victory. The second Punic War was also won by Rome and was fought in Spain because of the incredible hatred Carthaginian general Hannibal had for Rome. The third and final Punic War ended in 146 B.C. when Rome destroyed Carthage. Although the Romans were lucky that Hannibal let many opportunities to attack them slip by‚ the Romans won the Punic
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Why the British Should Have Won the War How did the British lose the Revolutionary War? They had more‚ and better‚ everything. Such as better soldiers and better training. This would surely give them and advantage. Also the greater amount of supplies should help. But in the end they still lost‚ it could have been for a few‚ good‚ reasons. These reasons are minuscule compared to the power of the British military. The British should have won the Revolutionary War because they had a far superior
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the words “civil war” make you think of? For many people these words represent a fight of good against evil‚ and in the case of the American civil war‚ the war over slavery. But these assumptions about the American Civil War aren’t always true. The Civil War was fought from 1861-1865‚ after 7 states seceded from the United States in January 1861. These 7 states grew to 11 and were known as the Confederacy or the South. They were fighting the North‚ known as the Union. The Civil War is commonly
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Civil war happened long ago when America is not the great America yet. But the problem between north and south part of this nation is still not yet solved. In 150 years later‚ battle lingers over how textbooks explain Civil War (Washington Post) ‚ the author wrote that even today some people still thinks that the civil war is about state right instead of slavery. The reason why the civil war is still controversial is that all the education and general opinion is the north fought for slave rights
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| Victory in The North | A synopsis on the outcome of the U.S. Civil War | | [Type the author name] | 11/6/2010 | | Since the final battle of the American Civil War was fought in 1865‚ scholars have debated the reasons for the Union’s victory over the Confederacy. Historians have attributed the war’s outcome to many factors‚ some of which include Lincoln’s superior leadership‚ the South’s failure to diplomatically secure foreign intervention‚ emancipated slaves enlisting in the
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