The Role Of Numbers In The Civil War

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While there are many aspects to fighting for what may be necessary or wanted, a large driving force behind accomplishing your goals is numbers and how well those numbers work together. Numbers as in the sum of people that support what is being fought for and that are willing to put forth the effort that is equivalent to that of others. As seen in the picture there are many, many people that were more than willing to show up and fight for what they believed and what they desired. The civil war was a long and horrid fight that left many people of the same nationality dead, and others scarred from the constant violence. Although this was a terrible time for many people it was also the start of a new path to equality, one that entitled many more

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