Confederate States Marine Corps

racial differences produce an inherent superiority of a particular race” (Racism). The United States is no stranger to racism as it had suffered from it for well over four hundred years. The stimulant that started the chaos of racism was slavery in which there were injustice and segregation of the blacks in the community even after the Civil Rights Movement. Racism is still occurring in the United States to this day despite all the disarray that was meant to fix it. The first…

weaknesses on the North and the South side. The North most definitely outweighed the South in almost every way possible. The confederacy had nearly 22 million people that lived in the 23 Northern states. The south had only about 9 million people , this was including the around 3.4 million slaves , in only 11 states. Starting there, the confederacy had already one up on the union. Despite the amount of people on each side, there was many different strengths and weaknesses. The South 's greatest…

The South only had 11 states (Ushistory.org). Thus making the population small with 9 million people and 3.5 million were slaves. There was around 750,000 to 1.2 million enlisted in the war (Library of Congress). The North set up a blockade in the sea so the cotton farmers and…

Leading up to the Civil War, the United States was divided culturally between the North and the South. The main difference between the North and the South was rooted in the institution of slavery. By 1804, all Northern states had abolished slavery within their borders. However, due to the prevalence of plantations, slavery extended well into the nineteenth century in the South. The institution of slavery was a cornerstone for life in the Southern United States, affecting the economy, politics,…

to Grant (Winik 168). Plus, when you take into consideration that the Confederate president, Jefferson Davis, had already supported the idea of guerilla warfare, it is obvious that Alexander’s plan was a tempting option from Lee’s point of view. Even with all the benefits guerilla warfare would have had for Lee, he still decided against it, largely due to his sense of duty to the country. Lee was the hero of the Confederates, and had he accepted the idea of guerilla warfare, many others…

soldiers who escaped from Confederate prison camps. A man named Butler, the owner of the orchard, had threatened peach-seeking soldiers with the dogs. The 22nd, 28th Iowa regiments had been encamped on Shultzer’s Hill with another Iowa regiment, the 24th, since May 19. This high ground…

The book This Republic of Suffering illustrates the great deal of hardship the American Civil War brought upon not only the soldiers fighting the battles along with the generals and political officials at the front of the war but also how the civilians were affected. The book shows how people of this time dealt with death and how the death of so many young soldiers would change their lives forever. It is evident after reading this book that the war brought many struggles that the American people…

stated outright in his first Inaugural Address that he had, “no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.”10 Yet just two years later, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed slaves from rebelling states. The statements from within this document differ greatly from those within the First Inaugural Address, signifying what appears to be a…

Confederate General Robert E. Lee is possibly the most controversial and yet widely respected out of all the Civil War commanders. Historians have held different views about the beloved General for over a hundred years, such as Robert W. Winston in his book Robert E. Lee; A Biography (1934), Michael Fellman in The Making of Robert E. Lee (2000), and Margaret Sanborn’s Robert E. Lee: A Portrait (1966). Winston’s theme in his book created a different outlook on General Lee than the latter two…

The American Civil War began in 1861 and it did not end until 1865. This war was fought between the Union known as the Northern states and the Confederates known as the Southern states to determine whether the South would secede from the United States. The Southern states were determined on spreading slavery to the Western part of the country while the Northerners were trying to prevent this from happening. According to The American Experiment some of the people from the North even wanted to…