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WAR

THATCHANGED

By Steven Lee

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TABLE OF CONTENTSRESOURCES................................................................1

PREPARATION............................................................3

LEADERS......................................................................4

BATTLES.....................................................................5-6

MINORITY GROUP.....................................................6

MILITARY CAMPS.......................................................7

LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT...................................8

AFTERMATH...............................................................9

RECONSTRUCTION..................................................10

BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................11


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. :RESOURCES : .

The Confederacy lacked resources and abilities in the

manufacturing side of its resources. It did have many cash crop

but they proved to be useless when abroad trades halted and

they were not turned into goods.However, most of Americasnotable generals of that time sided with the Confederacy.

PREPARATION

SOUTH ADVANTAGES

SOUTH DISADVANTAGES


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GENERALSRichard S. Ewell 1817 - 1872Nicknamed Baldy later om during his military career, Robert Ewell

was born with a military background, where one of his grandfathers

was the secretary of the American Navy. Graduating from a military

school, and ranked to first lieutenant in 1845. Richard was able to

achieve his senior status as military officer by serving under the

command of renowned general Robert E. Lee during the Battle of

Gettysburg.

James Longstreet 1821-1904Called Old War Horse by his comrades, James was one of the

prominent confederate Generals. He was the basically the second

general in command after Robert E. Lee. He was one of the

commanders of the Northern Army of Virginia but served alongside

Richard S. Ewell under the command of Robert Lee in the Battle of

Gettysburg. Longstreet was noted for arguing with Robert about thetactics. After the end of Civil War. James had a successful life as a

di lomat and olitician.

Joseph E. Johnston 1807-1891Before the civil war, Johnston was able to attain valuable military

experiences from the Mexican War and serving in other states as a

civil engineer. This man served as a Confederate senior general in the

Battle of Bullrun and in many other notable battles. He was

denounced at due to his failures in the Vicksburg Campaign mainly

because he was not aggressive enough in warfare.. After the Civil

War, Johnston served in the congress and later died from pneumonia.


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BattlesChancellorsville April 30 - May 6Chancellorsville was a major battle of the Civil War that was won by

he Confederacy. It was considered to be one of the bloodiest battles of

he American Civil War, marking over 24,000 casualties. The Union

roops were led by General Hooker, who was a famous general that got

all the girls. On the other hand, the Confederacy was led by Robert E.

Lee and his right hand general Thomas J. Jackson. The Union tactic

was to cross the Rappanhannock river and flank the stationary

Confederate troops. However, the Confederate troops defense wasmpregnable and sporadic fighting broke out as the troops advanced on

ach other. Despite the Union had a larger number of soldiers than the

Confederate army had, they lost due to disorganized ranks and

eadership. Additionally, Jackson lost his arm from a friendly fire, thus

nding his military career and the loss of Robert E. Lees right arm.

The First Battle of Sumter was probably the turning point of United

States history. It marked the beginning of the Civil War for it was the

first case of violent conflict between the Union and the young

Confederacy. Fort Sumter was a fortress that was at that time occupied

by the Union. However, when the Confederacy asked the Union troops

to get out since the fort was on the Southern side, President Lincoln

ignored the warning of the Confederacy and continued to send food andresources to the fort. So on April 12, the battleships opened fire on the

Union troops at Fort Sumter and the Union troops surrendered within 1

day after being relentlessly bombarded with shells and such. The

Confederate troops were commanded by P.G.T. Beaureguard while the

Union troops were led by Robert Anderson


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After the Confederate troops took over Fort Sumter in 1861, the

Union decided to try to recapture or just attack the fort. Led by

Major General Quincy Gillmore, he ordered the fort to be

reduced to rubbles. So after 1 day of bombing and shelling the

Fort was obliterated and nothing much remained. On top of an

overkill to a fort, it was only defended by 320 Confederate

troops that were under the command of General P.G.T.

Beauregard, the general that captured the fort in first place.

The battle lasted only one day.

The freed African Americans in the Union enlisted in the amyo help free slaves in the South. Even though they were not

reated equally even in the army, they were content with the

hought of helping and free their friends that were still

nslaved. Also, African American soldiers were one of the most

oyal soldiers in the army.


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MILITARY CAMPS

Life was really boring for the soldiers atthese military camps. The soldiers were either

trying to find new ways to defeat their enemies,

or doing small things to pass time. Some of

these things included gambling, racing, and

other games. Also, the soldiers took time to

write letters to their families back at home

because they would not know if they could see

them ever again.

The time the soldiers had at camps served as good opportunity for thesoldiers to practice war tactics so that they would not mess during battles. These

included practicing drumming and getting into battle formations, as well as

marching.

The survival rate for the soldiers

in this war was 1 out of 4


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LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT

--WOMEN--

As most male figures went to fight in the war, the women and female people

decided they wanted to contribute in helping their side win. They did this

by helping sew uniforms in factories, became nurses and treated the

wounded and the sick, and even defended home towns from the enemies.

United States have never seen women this active in the society before.

INFLATION

The Civil War costed both sides huge amount of supplies for the soldiers

the the battlefront. Therefore, supplies became scarce even back at the

home front. Inflation occurred when money was being printed without any

profit gained, and thus there were minor financial problems.


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Aftermath of the War

Over 610,000 Americans lost the

lives, both fighting for what they

believed. The American Civil W

killed more Americans than it did

in the both World Wars.

Most of the battles were fought on

Southern territory. Therefore, there

were many damages upon the area

and many villages were burned to

the ground. Additionally, around a

generation was killed off due to the

fighting that it later affected the

labor force during post Civil War.

Overall, the Civil War inflicted

heavy damages that would greatly

disrupt the way of living after the

War, because all African Americans

were to be set free and be able to

start their own lives. Lastly, the

really poor white people were also at

the bottom of pyramid, considering

slaves were equal too.


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. :RECONSTRUCTION:.

Since the Civil War left huge damage on the infrastructure and the land o

the South, it is crucial that the the State provide ways to rebuild buildings and

provide fertile land to the Southerners so that agriculture can resume and th

South would be able to sustain itself.

The Reconstruction had a goal to reintegrate the Southern people back into

the Union as wells as get their economy running. However, conmen used the

South peoples derived state and earned money off from selling load of junk

while saying htat these would help whatever illness they have. Another negative

effect was the occurring of the poverty cycle of the farmers where they would

become debt. Lastly, animosity rose agains the Northern republicans rose such

as the KKK and other racist groups.

I would call for the revision of the Constitution or further amendments so tha

the freedman would be able to live without much distress in the newly forme

society. On the economical side of the country, international trade must b

reopened so I would call for the reconstruction of damaged ships or ports fo

marine trade. Lastly, I would change the presidenti


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