Confederacy

originated from the efforts of a man named Deganawida, or “Great Peacemaker.” From his efforts, he bound the five powerful tribes of the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, and Seneca of what is now upstate New York and French Canada into a powerful Confederacy of the through a system of kinship and consensus. It is fitting, then, that diplomacy was one of the Iroquois’ (or Haudenosaunee, as they called themselves) greatest strengths, allowing them to maintain power and prestige even while…

Before becoming the president of the Confederacy Alexander Stephen proclaimed to be against secession during the Georgia Convention. Stephen gained support and respect from the North for being “…of all Sothern men, the most… protested against secession.” The North begins to discredit Stephen when he becomes a delegate in writing the constitution for the confederacy, three weeks after the Georgia convention. The Northerners did not expect Stephen to…

fame and accolades with the sacking of Atlanta, and the subsequent march from there to Savannah, which served to break the military back of the Confederacy once and for all. Sherman invented a form of warfare that would come to be known as “Total War”; it was brutal and destructive, and was designed to make not only those that fought for the Confederacy wish that they had chosen the Union side, but also those that did not wear the Confederacy’s uniform feel the “hard hand of war”, making their…

was 4 years long and many battle and deaths had taken place. The war had started because the Southern States: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee known as The Confederacy had seceded from The Union (The United States of America). The war was into its third year when The Battle of Gettysburg had been fought. During the battle there were around 48,000 casualties from both sides. This battle was not the worst…

Southern slaves states seceded from the Union, which led to a civil war between the Union in the North, and the Confederacy in the South from 1861 until 1865. Ultimately, after four years of intense warfare which left over 600,000 soldiers dead, the South was defeated. This essay will explore the reasons behind this defeat. There are two main areas of debate surrounding the fate of the Confederacy. Firstly, was the demise of the South inevitable? Secondly, and even more importantly, is the…

besiege this fort, the North would have control over the lower Mississippi River, which would split the Confederacy into two, cutting off their connection to Virginia. With such an extreme advantage being given to the prevailing side, and the other a great defeat, is what makes the Battle of Vicksburg the true turning point of the Civil War. Once, while talking about Vicksburg, President of the Confederacy Jefferson Davis referred to it as “the nail head that holds the South’s two halves…

They had originally ordered a complete surrender of the South, but the Confederacy rejected this proposal. This resulted in a changing point in the Civil War with the Union's new victory and leading into more union accomplishments. The Civil War Trust is involved in a continuing effort to protect the battlefield land where Vicksburg, Mississippi lies today. This was a climatic point in the war because it split the Confederacy in half. The Union's victory and success boosted General Grant's…

NOVEMBER TERM, 2014 Justice JACKSON, A., writing for the majority SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES WEST CENTRAL DIXIE STATE UNIVERSITY v. THE ASIAN SOCIETY AND THE SONS OF THE CONFEDERACY CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS *Decided November 7, 2014* West Central Dixie State University was once known as a stronghold of the Old South and Jim Crow policies. The all-segregated university was known for resisting efforts by civil rights activists and federal courts to bring…

states seceded and joined the Confederacy. Lincoln knew that he had to keep the border states in the Union and he worked hard to do this; later this helped the Union win the war. The Union had a larger population and therefore a larger military and they controlled much of the banking and capital. The Confederacy had to only fight a defensive war and counted on financial support from the outside. The war expected to be short but dragged on for years. The Union and Confederacy went…

slavery, states’ rights, and expansion caused the regional Civil War within the United States (1861-65). Threatened by the presidential election of anti-slavery Abraham Lincoln in 1860, deep southern states seceded from the United States to form the Confederacy. Four years of war between the states devastated the North, South and led to further conflict regarding slavery. Although the outcome of the war in 1865 was in favor of ending slavery and granting freedom to blacks, not all was granted…