Battle of Fort Sumter

longer as effective as it had once been, a development seen especially in the events of the Pottawatomie Massacre. The massacre took place from May 24th to May 25th, 1856 and is considered one of the most noted massacres that occurred during the battles of Bleeding Kansas. It resulted in the death of five proslavery men, which caused outrage amongst the slavery supporters (McPherson). The Pottawatomie Massacre began to illuminate the flaws in the idea of compromise. John Brown was incredibly…

The beginning of the Civil War began when President Lincoln sent a fleet of Union ships with supplies to Fort Sumter in South Carolina and the Confederate army fired shots at both the ships and the fort. President Lincoln was hoping for a quick victory, but that was soon destroyed and Lincoln called in for 500,000 Union soldiers. President Lincoln quickly surprised many as a very capable wartime leader. President Lincoln was very choosy about his military commanders, his first commander was,…

Leading up to the late 19th century, the United States was experiencing a boom in expansion. The idea of manifest destiny encouraged Americans to expand all the way to the Pacific coast, and the overwhelming populations of people who began to settle in present-day Texas and Oregon led to their annexations from Mexico and Great Britain. By the 1850s, America had tripled in size from the original 13 colonies. However, the acquisition of so much land brought up conflicts between the North and the…

In America slavery became very prominent in the South. It effected America in many different ways. It effected the economy. Slavery was highly profitable, but it negatively impacted the Southern economy (South’s Economy). It hindered the growth of industry and cities (South’s Economy). Slavery had a hand in high debts, soil exhaustion, and lack of technological innovation (South’s Economy). It caused the South to have no urban centers for commerce, finance, and industry compared to that of the…

The Civil War began at Fort Sumter in Charleston, South Carolina on April 12, 1861, due to rising tensions between the Union [Northern states] and the Confederacy [Southern states]. There were many disagreements on how the Union carried out their laws and taxes. The Confederates wanted to secede from the Union because they felt like they would be better off without control from the Union. One of the main issues were the opinions on slavery. The North wanted to begin expanding westward and not…

Man has innately feared the far-reaching and detrimental effects of disobedience. However, Oscar Wilde, an Irish novelist, argues that disobedience, man’s original trait, leads to societal progress. Not only is this true, but also disobedience within a society is vital in improving social structure and unity; consequently, a delicate balance of the amount and use of disobedience must be struck or anarchy and discord will ensue. Admittedly, denouncers of the varying effects of disobedience may…

The American Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. The world was at war again. The Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 preceded the Civil War. The country could not agree on how blacks should live. Should they live as slaves or not? Singing in schools and musical venues as well as band concerts were popular forms of entertainment prior to the war. Sheet music was profitable for music publishers on both sides of…

So the battle then turned into hand-to-hand combat. The soldiers fought with their rifle butts and bayonets. A white officer named Captain M.M Miller said “It was a horrible fight, the worst I was ever engaged in.” Many people believed that since many of the…

the Union, and was convinced the Constitution would allow him to spill blood for the sake of unity. However, the South disregarded this warning and seceded knowing that they would likely have a war. Indeed at the Battle of Fort Sumter, the South fired the first shots in the civil. The fort had been held by Major Anderson from the Union, which the South saw as blatant disregard for their newfound sovereignty. As a result, Confederate Brigadier General P.G.T. Beauregard and his forces bombarded…

The Civil War split America in half. It tore apart families, and pinned Union soldiers against Confederate soldiers for four miserable, bloody years. The first shots were fired at Fort Sumter in 1861, and ended with an undisputed Confederate victory in 1865. All in all about 630,000 people died and there were many thousands wounded. This bloody war was the mainly caused by the argument over slavery. The different aspects of the economies on either side led to different post war economies, which…