Confederate States Army

between Northern and Southern States. The issue of states’ rights became a secondary cause for the Civil War. Southern politicians like John C. Calhoun contended that the states should be able to protect the institution of slavery by canceling out any laws that the Federal Government tried to pass that were unconstitutional. The issue of state’s rights as the cause of the Civil War is further seen in the South, which still held onto the idea of a loose confederation of states as written in the…

arsenal in Massachusetts produced over one million rifles for the army and countless rounds of ammo by themselves.” The South was more agricultural. Even though, they only worked on planting their cash crops. Also, there were so many people fighting in the war, a lot of the farmland that was left was never used. “Food was so limited throughout the war, parts of the South suffered from starvation. When people fighting in the army found out that their families were starving, they left to help…

and weaknesses of the Confederate States of American and the strengths and weaknesses of the Union at the time of the Civil War. This is a very great question because when you look at it, there are some very obvious strengths and weaknesses to each side. Then again there are some little things that made a great impact throughout the war. Such as the number of troops that were in the armies, the leadership, the mens moral, and many more other things that contributed to the armies. Too start…

seven states have been seceded, and the Confederate States of America has been formally established, with Jefferson Davis as its elected president. When Lincoln took possession of his office, South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and Texas were formed in the Confederate States of America Jefferson Davis as president, proclaiming their secession from the Union, Lincoln declared illegal act in his inaugural address. The first act of war was to assault the Confederate…

life. A plantation agriculture of the South that depended on slaves. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president in 1860 his opposition to slavery was seen as a threat to the economic interest of the southern states. The South responded by seceding from the Union and founding the confederate States of America in 1861 with Jefferson Davis as their president. South Carolina was the first to secede, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana secede in January 1861. The war effectively…

a war between two groups within the same country, occurred in the United States from 1861-1865 (“American Civil War History” 1). Consisting of two groups, first, the southerners, as the Confederate States of America, who declared secession from the United States of America; and the northerners, going by the name of the Union (“Facts of the Civil War” 1). Hence, after four years of excessive warfare, the Confederate States of America surrendered, to the Union (“American Civil War History” 1).…

as George Washington, Lee tried to cross the Potomac River in Virginia. Tens of thousands of men were either captured, wounded, or killed just on the Confederate side during the Battle of Antietam. Then, in early May of 1864, the Battle of the Wilderness began. The Army of the Potomac, led by General Ulysses Grant, made a bloody attack on Confederate Forces. Lee was restrained and taken away by his men after one of his own men was wounded by his forces. Finally, on April 2nd, 1865, Lee gave up…

certain confederate victory, to an impending federal rout. What happened over this time span that caused the sudden shift in momentum during the civil war? This is the central question and theme of Bruce Catton’s book. Catton begins his analysis by examining the motivations often given of General Robert E. Lee’s ambitious invasion of the North during the Civil War. In doing so, Catton examines…

RMAs are useful in revealing how societies capitalize on military revolutions and use them to their advantage. Throughout history, nation states have used RMAs to exploit the advantages of military revolutions derived from the formation of nation states and the French Revolution. The first significant military revolution was the rise of the nation state. In 1648, Europe concluded thirty years of continuous bloodshed over religious alliances . At the conclusion of these conflicts, the signing…

freight and travel between Atlanta, Georgia and Chattanooga, Tennessee. According to Russell S. Bonds in Stealing the General, “Chattanooga was an important rail junction that controlled food and supplies coming from the dep south headed to the confederate armies in Virginia.” The engine was built by the Rogers, Ketchum & Grosvenor Company, out of Paterson, New Jersey, in December of 1855. The raid that made the “General” famous occurred during the Civil War, in April 1862. This story…