Money Wins Wars, Not Guns A war is an unpredictable roll of the dice of death. Most of the time, it is the side that uses the most effective battle strategy and who can kill the most people who win the war, but there are a few exceptions. One of these examples in history is the American Civil War. In the early 1860s, tensions across the nation rose to a breaking point, turning brother against brother in a revolutionized fighting sequence that lasted for years and left families slaughtered on both sides. But it was no roll of the dice that left the Union the victor of the war, it was not an accident that Grant forced Lee to surrender.
During the dark four years of American history, the Union stepped over the Confederate States of America in many ways, utilizing their finances and high population paired with their industrialization and business model that won them the war.
Lee and Lincoln both had their ways of collecting money for the coming war, but what was most important was to find a way for the citizens to support the war. In this case, both leaders decided to make the issue over two things; one being slavery, and the other about moral rights as a people. Lincoln had convinced his people that Slavery was an immoral institution, and that the states in rebellion …show more content…
Most people were under the assumption that the war was going to be a short-lived ‘squabble ', and most believed that a relatively small amount of money was required to fight. Salmon Portland Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln 's presidency, officially hypothesized that the war effort was going to cost about 300 million dollars, showing the massive understatement of the military leaders. Salmon Chase, although underestimating, came up with an idea of how to finance the war effort, which allowed the North to utilize their money and supplies much more effectively than the
During the dark four years of American history, the Union stepped over the Confederate States of America in many ways, utilizing their finances and high population paired with their industrialization and business model that won them the war.
Lee and Lincoln both had their ways of collecting money for the coming war, but what was most important was to find a way for the citizens to support the war. In this case, both leaders decided to make the issue over two things; one being slavery, and the other about moral rights as a people. Lincoln had convinced his people that Slavery was an immoral institution, and that the states in rebellion …show more content…
Most people were under the assumption that the war was going to be a short-lived ‘squabble ', and most believed that a relatively small amount of money was required to fight. Salmon Portland Chase, the Secretary of the Treasury under Lincoln 's presidency, officially hypothesized that the war effort was going to cost about 300 million dollars, showing the massive understatement of the military leaders. Salmon Chase, although underestimating, came up with an idea of how to finance the war effort, which allowed the North to utilize their money and supplies much more effectively than the