Confederate States of America

Introduction The American Civil war occurred during the years 1861 – 1865, and as stated in the article titled “The Civil War”, it “was the cauldron that created modern America. The war preserved the Union, ending the possibility of the American nation dividing into two or more separate countries, in the process altering the nations politics and government, creating a strong presidency and an increasingly important federal infrastructure” (Finkelman sec. 1) However, the American Civil War did…

there is a Confederate memorial that is on the side of it. Confederate monuments evoke southern pride and preserve Confederate memory throughout the South; however, the NAACP states the Confederate monument at Stone Mountain is a glorification of white supremacy. As Tony Horwitz described it, “the largest hunk of exposed granite in the world, the dome shaped mountain poked up from Atlanta’s wooded perimeter like a very, very bald man in a crowd.” At Stone Mountain there is a Confederate…

Abraham Lincoln inherited the United States when the division caused by secession was one step behind of starting the war. Even though he vowed to uphold the Union and defend the Constitution, he believed that some rules had to be broken. The President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, believed that secession was an act of self-defense in disagreement with the Black Republicans. The goal of this essay is to compare the South who was a supporter of slavery and the North who stood against it…

Wade Hampton III was a man of great stature, born on March 28, 1818 in Charleston, South Carolina to one of the most influential families amongst the Southern States. Hampton grew up on a booming plantation that was kept up by many slaves and servants. He attended school at South Carolina College, now know as the University of South Carolina and graduated from there. He studies law for two years before he had to come home to take care i. In 1838, Hampton married a woman by the name of Margaret…

formed the Confederate army, while the North formed The Union army. The Confederates were continuously threatening Fort Sumter in South Carolina, which was a Union fort, until April 12, 1861 when the Confederates fired the first shots of the war. They blasted the fort with artillery for less than two days until Major Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. After the victory four more states joined the Confederacy, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina,Tennessee, and Texas. The Confederates were led…

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,…

war had been raging on for nearly two years, with no clear end in sight. Lincoln still desperately desired the Union to be reconnected, so he resorted to stronger military efforts in order to achieve this goal. Lincoln had always understood that America could not survive with half of its people believing in slavery, with the other half abhorring the practice.8 Though this was not an act Lincoln had originally planned, it was necessary to achieve the end goal of the war. Lincoln often used humor…

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…