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Reasons for North’s Victory in the Civil War Economic Capabilities, Lee’s and Grant’s Military Strategies, and the North and South Armies Many studies have been conducted by scholars to determine why the North won the Civil War. Many scholars believe that it has to do with the North’s efficient military strategies; however, there are more factors that contribute to the North’s victory. Hattaway and Jones (2001), scholars from the University of…

before their service expires. Many Union soldiers left their post because they thought that the war would be a quick win for them, but they were wrong (Weitz). Many people believe that any soldiers who deserted their post were cowards, but this was not the case. Deserters who were considered cowards left in the face of the enemy (Weitz), while…

Perhaps considered one of the greatest war novels of all time, Stephen Crane’s most well-known novel, The Red Badge of Courage, encompasses an exemplary resemblance of courage and fortitude. This novel, written first written in 1895 in third person omniscient point of view, is a psychological coming-of-age novel, centralized around the main character, Henry Fleming, and his experience as a soldier in the bloodshed of the American Civil War (Woodress 1). To begin the novel, Henry is…

The commander for the Union was Ulysses S. Grant. His subordinate and friend, Major General William Tecumseh Sherman would be nominated to be the commander of the Pittsburg Landing camps. Ulysses S Grants and some if his soldier had moved inland, towards a town named Shiloh.…

failures that helped him in the long run. Lincoln was forced to make many difficult decisions that both did and did not turn result in his favor. The strengths and weaknesses which Lincoln displayed during the war led to the ultimate success for the Union in uniting the states. Lincoln’s failures can be considered part of what drove him to succeed. In terms of failures, many battles fought and lost in the war can be considered. The Seven Days battles can be considered significant in this case.…

(hereinafter referred to as McCleary) was born in 1842. He married Corlissa Brown McCleary and together they had two children, Hallie McCleary and Baby Boy McCleary. McCleary fought in the Civil War for the United States. He served as a captain in the Union Army. He received the Congressional Medal of Honor as a First Lieutenant for capturing the flag of the Fourth Florida Infantry while in advance of his lines. He is considered a Civil War hero by the people of Clyde. McCleary died on June 23,…

lasting just two days, more than twenty thousand confederate and union soldiers lost their lives. The violent battle was critical for General Ulysses S. Grant and the union because it secured the Mississippi waterway. It also demonstrated just how much grit it was going to take to win the war. America had never seen so much bloodshed in a single battle. It was the battle of Shiloh that set the tone for the Union and Confederate armies, proving that this war will be fought until one side…

there were rumors going around on how General Robert E. Lee was moving this army to North. The North began to panic. Many people were heading to train depot to get out of town. While the townspeople of Gettysburg waited and worried for their invasion. On July 1,1863 the battle has began and it was only 4 days long. The Union army marched from Virginia just to try and catch up with Lee in the last two week of June. Both armies had around the same amount of people which was estimated around…

The Civil War, also known by those who fought in it as the “great war” (Ford, Ford, & University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1999, p.7, para.1), was a tumultuous time in American history: pitting the Union Army in the North against the Confederate Army of the South; waging brother against brother; even causing neighbors to take up arms against one another. With the first-hand accounts writings of soldiers (on both sides of the war), such as A.P. Ford (1999), a soldier fighting for the side…

turning point of the Civil War, and involved the largest number of casualties of the entire war. It is indisputable that regardless of the outcome, significant amounts of lives would have been lost in this unexpected battle between the Union and Confederate Armies. However, if certain intelligence factors were different, would there have been an alternative outcome to the battle? The objective of this paper is to dive into the Battle of Gettysburg and address some of the key points where…