Short And Long Term Effects Of The Civil War

"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality..” The civil war was a four year long battle between the Confederate States of America and the Union. The Union included the states of New York, Maine, California, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Nevada, and Oregon, lead by Abraham Lincoln. While the Confederate States were Texas, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Tennessee, Mississippi, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia lead by Jefferson Davis. In the clashing
Sharp shooters and snipers who could shoot accurately, across the battlefields. Faust adds to her argument that this war is more tactical and technological than previous wars by stating how shooters would dress themselves in camouflage in order to not be seen and shoot at their target like “snakes in the grass”. The urge to kill came from killing once the first shot was connected the shooter felt more alive than ever which fueled the heathen like combat that lead to bloodthirsty savagery. Consequences of the killing lead to soldiers being scared and lead veterans to have post traumatic stress syndrome, which drastically changes how a human will envision the
She supports her statement by quoting a soldier's last words “to be buried like my comrades. But deep, boys deep, so the beasts won’t get me.” This statement goes with her statements about how soldiers wanted to die “a good death”. This type of mindset is frightening and reasonable at the same time due to the total deaths at the end of the war. Most deaths were caused by infections instead of by penetration of bullets, which was caused by doctors not washing their hands and going from patient to patient with dirty hands transferring disease to each of them. Unfortunately for a large amount of soldiers ‘good deaths’ didn’t end exactly as planned. A lack of tools and manpower caused for the majority of soldiers to be left unburied, as she states “So many bodies lay unburied that a surgeon described the atmosphere as almost