Battle Of Bull Run Battle Analysis

The Southern states started seceded from the Union in late 1860’s, however, leading this succession was South Carolina that preferred not want to be a part of a country that had no control (Schultz, K., 2013). Other lower southern states soon followed suit, but the southern states that were located in the north decided against seceding since their economy was not as limited as the others. These states were now known as the Confederate of the United States and by February 1861 had elected their first president from Mississippi. During the time that these states were taking their stand, the next president of the United States had been elected and was taking office. Although there were still a few more states that seceded even after Abraham …show more content…
The Union was in hopes that this would be a short war, however, when the Confederates that were positioned in Virginia rejected their proposal it was clear that this was not the case. Although the battle was costly and bloody for both sides since they lost about ten percent of their militaries, Stonewall Jackson was able to lead the Confederate troops to victory. The Union went back and reorganized gaining about five hundred thousand in military volunteers which made them a much stronger alliance. There were several more battles to be conquered after this one, however, the Union had quickly realized that it would be a long war. The Union’s primary goal at this point was to break the South’s will to fight and to rid them of their resources for fighting this war. Although there were reasons as to why the Union won the war that consisted of the Union having more men in their military, the political system provided the president a way of spreading his ideas or facts about the war, and the North had an advantage because of their economic diversities that helped outmaneuver the