Approximately 405,399 American lives were lost in World War II. World War II is one of the most studied wars, which people mistake as the most tragic war for Americans, however, the Civil War had higher casualties than this popular war. The Civil War approximately cost 620,00 lives, the second highest out of all American Wars. The Civil War was one of the greatest impacts on war in history. The Civil War had several causes and impacted soldiers, citizens, history, and literature.
The Civil War was fought for many reasons. First of all, according to teachinghistory.org, “Turbulent politics also led to the war.” Slavery and politics can not work well together because you either upset slave owners, or people that are against slavery (Chadwick). Many states debated on whether they would rather have slaves or no …show more content…
The Civil War had many effects on citizens. Many families lost someone physically, or some families lost some men mentally due to the brutal fighting many soldiers had gone through. Also, most of the fighting was fought in people’s yards, destroying their gardens and sometimes houses. The battles would destroy anything and everything in its way, taking crops, livestock, and even the families stored food. According to encyclopediavirginia.org, in an article titled “Family Life During the Civil War” by Amy Murrell Taylor, “more than 50 percent of the men who eventually enlisted from Virginia were head of households.” This high number shows that most families were left without money or food. The women and children had to step it up and become the “men” of the house during the Civil War. One Virginia woman wrote that she felt like “...clinging to [her husband] and holding him back upon hearing the news of the enlistment (Murrell Taylor 28). Not only did this woman want to hold back her husband, most families wanted to hold the fathers, grandpas, son 's, or uncles back from
The Civil War was fought for many reasons. First of all, according to teachinghistory.org, “Turbulent politics also led to the war.” Slavery and politics can not work well together because you either upset slave owners, or people that are against slavery (Chadwick). Many states debated on whether they would rather have slaves or no …show more content…
The Civil War had many effects on citizens. Many families lost someone physically, or some families lost some men mentally due to the brutal fighting many soldiers had gone through. Also, most of the fighting was fought in people’s yards, destroying their gardens and sometimes houses. The battles would destroy anything and everything in its way, taking crops, livestock, and even the families stored food. According to encyclopediavirginia.org, in an article titled “Family Life During the Civil War” by Amy Murrell Taylor, “more than 50 percent of the men who eventually enlisted from Virginia were head of households.” This high number shows that most families were left without money or food. The women and children had to step it up and become the “men” of the house during the Civil War. One Virginia woman wrote that she felt like “...clinging to [her husband] and holding him back upon hearing the news of the enlistment (Murrell Taylor 28). Not only did this woman want to hold back her husband, most families wanted to hold the fathers, grandpas, son 's, or uncles back from