The American Civil War brings a lot of attention to people. It really affected the Southern states where slavery was heavily enforced. Slavery is known to be the leading cause of the American Civil War; The Union wanted slavery to be demolished, while the Confederate did not want slavery to be spread into the northern states.
This detail is important because the Confederate was not against the idea. It was slavery as a whole, they just did not agree that slavery deserved a part in the United States as a whole.This war was a significant part of America and it took place between 1860-1865 when the Southern states began to drift away from the Union. This War was a significant part of history and involved many key points which helped shaped …show more content…
Grant was the bloodiest general of the war. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. - Ulysses S. Grant but turns out Robert E. Lee were the most ruthless. The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. - Ulysses S. Grant "A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me." - Robert E. Lee. As you could See Robert E. Lee was pretty ruthless he gave off the image that he did not care much for the north. "I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them."- Robert E. Lee; Something that amazing me that I never know as well was that Lincoln was shot at and almost killed nearly two years before he was assassinated. It happens in august 1863 President Lincoln was returning to a soldier’s house when he heard what he believed was a gunshot. Later that day two soldiers retrieved his hat which happened to have a bullet hole going through …show more content…
This war mainly occurred due to the fact that the South wanted to spread slavery across the United States and the North wanted to keep the separation. It is important to mention these controversial movements and failed compromises, because they are the ultimate reasons that the North and the South disputed over the gradual spread of slavery. Plantation expansion was the main reason that slavery thrived, and due to the increasing need for income, the South tried to spread slavery to the North. Since it became obvious that the North was not going to give in, when Abraham Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation it sent the South into an uproar of
This detail is important because the Confederate was not against the idea. It was slavery as a whole, they just did not agree that slavery deserved a part in the United States as a whole.This war was a significant part of America and it took place between 1860-1865 when the Southern states began to drift away from the Union. This War was a significant part of history and involved many key points which helped shaped …show more content…
Grant was the bloodiest general of the war. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. - Ulysses S. Grant but turns out Robert E. Lee were the most ruthless. The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on. - Ulysses S. Grant "A Union that can only be maintained by swords and bayonets, and in which strife and civil war are to take the place of brotherly love and kindness, has no charm for me." - Robert E. Lee. As you could See Robert E. Lee was pretty ruthless he gave off the image that he did not care much for the north. "I have fought against the people of the North because I believed they were seeking to wrest from the South its dearest rights. But I have never cherished toward them bitter or vindictive feelings, and have never seen the day when I did not pray for them."- Robert E. Lee; Something that amazing me that I never know as well was that Lincoln was shot at and almost killed nearly two years before he was assassinated. It happens in august 1863 President Lincoln was returning to a soldier’s house when he heard what he believed was a gunshot. Later that day two soldiers retrieved his hat which happened to have a bullet hole going through …show more content…
This war mainly occurred due to the fact that the South wanted to spread slavery across the United States and the North wanted to keep the separation. It is important to mention these controversial movements and failed compromises, because they are the ultimate reasons that the North and the South disputed over the gradual spread of slavery. Plantation expansion was the main reason that slavery thrived, and due to the increasing need for income, the South tried to spread slavery to the North. Since it became obvious that the North was not going to give in, when Abraham Lincoln released the Emancipation Proclamation it sent the South into an uproar of