The Civil War was a time of turmoil for the entire nation, not only the Union or the Confederacy, but everyone. The question isn’t who, but rather why. Why was a once united country torn apart? What made individuals lay down their life’s? In Gary Gallagher’s book The Union War he makes intention to indicate why the Union fought so intensely and what the war stood for. The meaning of Union meant more than just anti-slavery to them; it held the history and the future of an entire county in that one small word. It had been baring eighty four years since the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and already the Union felt the pinch of rebellion. As the south would start to secede from the Union in 1861, this left the Union with no choice
