Confederacy

More Americans have died during the Civil War than any other war. 620,000 soldiers died in the line of duty. Two-thirds of these didn’t die from wounds. They died from diseases such as typhoid and dysentery. Civil War medicine was not yet advanced enough to connect a lack of hygiene with an influx of disease. Lack of hygiene in hospitals and camps also contributed to the spread of disease. Placing a latrine downstream away from the clean water supply was sometimes also overlooked. Disease spread…

war, European nations had taken great interest in America’s struggle and ignited a division between those who sided with the North and those who sided with the South. This division involved the aristocracy and conservatives sympathizing with the Confederacy, and the liberal-minded middle class siding with the Union. The American conflict was important to Europeans because the fate of republicanism and democracy…

The industrialization of the northern states had an effect upon urbanization and migration. By 1860, 26 percent of the Northern populace lived in urban regions, drove by the astounding development of urban areas, for example, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, and Detroit, with their ranch apparatus, nourishment handling, machine device, and railroad gear industrial facilities. Just around a tenth of the southern populace lived in urban territories. Free states pulled in by far most of the…

new, farmable land. This would greatly affect the economy that powers the Confederacy. The actions of the slaves greatly contributed to the war’s purpose of abolishing slavery. Benjamin Butler declared that the Fugitive Slave Act, which declared that runaway slaves be returned to their master, was no longer valid in states that left the Union; declaring the runaway slaves as contraband that was confiscated by the Confederacy. These slaves would be put to work in labor intensive positions with a…

Bill O’Reilly’s book Killing Lincoln goes into depth of the assassination of one of America’s greatest Presidents: Abraham Lincoln. He analyzes events leading up to and after the assassination as well as the roles played by different individuals surrounding Lincoln’s untimely death. In his writings, O’Reilly addresses the following key points: 1. The Civil War 2. Post War and Peace 3. Lincoln’s Assassination 4. The Hunt for Booth Killing Lincoln is separated into four different parts, which…

without the “relief” provided by thousands of home-front women...” (Attie). An account from the southern side of the war stated that, “Destruction of home-front morale was the crucial factor that led to the massive number of desertions that left the Confederacy unable to fend off Federal advances.” (McKinney) Thus, it can be seen that, even without joining the fight in any form of physical way that the home-front woman was a help during the Civil War. They, above many other things, kept up the…

fighting for and his home town is in the South. The Killer Angel book did said Longstreet is very loyalty to Lee and the confederacy army is like his family. James Longstreet is very smart person, but he did everything Lee told him to do even when he think is not a wise decision. This prove that Longstreet is loyal to Robert E. Lee and he doesn’t want to question him. When The confederacy meet up with the Union army, Longstreet think he and Lee should retrieve, but Lee doesn’t want show any…

Throughout history, war has been at the forefront of politics and has led to the formation of some of the greatest societies and movements of all time. That being said, war has also led to the ultimate downfall of enormous empires and movements that at one point were sparked with enthusiasm. In short, it brings the most glorious of times and the worst; thousands of human beings dead, families and nations left grieving, and beliefs shattered like glass – all the aftermath of a brutal, hard-fought…

One major cause for the French and Indian War was the creation of the Albany Congress. The Iroquois Confederacy was a strong coalition of several Indian tribes. This made them a valuable asset towards the British as having them as an ally could result in an easier victory over the inevitable war against the French. This coupled along with issues over governance produced the assembly. Overall this assembly was a complete bust as Britain was scared the committee would overpower the royal…

bought their freedom or were freed by their owners” (Florida Center of International Technology). Slaves didn’t only serve for the Confederacy, the free and runaway slaves also joined the Union army. According to amaricainclass.org, “between 180,000 and 200,000 African Americans served in the Union Army and Navy.” Their admirable bravery to fight against the Confederacy and leave their stations to aid the Union in winning the war, in hopes in not only free themselves from slavery but also their…