Aaron Wysinger
History 1a
Professor Smithers
16 December 2015
Title
If Stonewall Jackson had not died, how might the Civil War have ended? Did his influence have a paramount impact on the war? Would the confederates have won if he had not died? Unfortunately, it is impossible to know for sure, but from my analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of both, the Union's victory was inevitable. Jackson was not the only factor in the union winning the war. There were a number of factors that contributed to the victory of the union. The south did not have a strong industrial base. This ultimately resulted in in their subpar weaponry unlike the Union. The lack of the correct equipment for war greatly decreased any chance of the south's victory. Secondly the confederates had a much smaller population of people, and army, and finally one person does not stop the circus, if Stonewall had not died that does not entirely sway the warning favor of the confederates. …show more content…
The Confederates did not have as strong of an industrial base as Union, this is because the south was mostly composed of Farmland. This gave way to effective and more up to date weaponry for the Union being that they had large factories producing their weapon. The Union had weapons such as the spencer rifle which can fire seven rounds and the loading process was a lot shorter being that you can eject the empty cartridges and reload from the butt. the gatling gun, created by Richard Gatling is a machine gun which can fire 350 round within a minute When it came down to it, the Union was quickly and effectively killing Confederate
History 1a
Professor Smithers
16 December 2015
Title
If Stonewall Jackson had not died, how might the Civil War have ended? Did his influence have a paramount impact on the war? Would the confederates have won if he had not died? Unfortunately, it is impossible to know for sure, but from my analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of both, the Union's victory was inevitable. Jackson was not the only factor in the union winning the war. There were a number of factors that contributed to the victory of the union. The south did not have a strong industrial base. This ultimately resulted in in their subpar weaponry unlike the Union. The lack of the correct equipment for war greatly decreased any chance of the south's victory. Secondly the confederates had a much smaller population of people, and army, and finally one person does not stop the circus, if Stonewall had not died that does not entirely sway the warning favor of the confederates. …show more content…
The Confederates did not have as strong of an industrial base as Union, this is because the south was mostly composed of Farmland. This gave way to effective and more up to date weaponry for the Union being that they had large factories producing their weapon. The Union had weapons such as the spencer rifle which can fire seven rounds and the loading process was a lot shorter being that you can eject the empty cartridges and reload from the butt. the gatling gun, created by Richard Gatling is a machine gun which can fire 350 round within a minute When it came down to it, the Union was quickly and effectively killing Confederate