The American Civil war was fought from April 12th 1861 through May 9th 1865. During these four bloody years nearly 10‚500 battles‚ engagements‚ bombardments‚ sieges‚ and reconnaissance operations took place. These battles occurred in 23 different states‚ and resulted in over 650‚000 casualties (Historynet.com Contributors‚ 2017). The American Civil War was fought on many fronts‚ and in many theaters. Nearly all historians agree that the most decisive battle was at Gettysburg. However‚ the eventual
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cooks and cleaners that men knew them to be. In 1861‚ the American Civil war broke out among the Northern and Southern states. The war lashed out simply because of moral issues. Abraham Lincoln‚ who was elected as President prior to the war in 1860‚ was an Anti-Slavery‚ Republican man. That alone arose tension between the states. The Civil War opposed neighbor against neighbor and in some cases‚ brother against brother. Though that war had been considered “a man’s fight”‚ women felt the need to
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The civil war is looked at as a man’s fight and everything they did in it but you rarely hear about women that did just as much as some men if not more. Women contributed to the civil war in ways that may be surprising because it is not acknowledged as much as it should be in history. All women helped fight in the Civil War in some way whether they were a part of the union‚ confederate or even if they were slaves. During the civil war women did a wide variety of things that were very helpful to both
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The American Civil War proved to be the United States deadliest war‚ with more casualties than World War I and World War II combined.1 The greatest fear of the Union soldier‚ however‚ may not have been a quick death by the gun‚ but rather a slow one caused by the presence of disease. While terrifying for the soldiers‚ the physicians found themselves with seemingly endless opportunities to study disease‚ leading to an evolution in the treatment of multiple diseases. The American Civil War’s production
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In April 1861‚ the United States declared a state of insurrection against the Confederacy of rebellious southern states. In Europe‚ the ordeal was referred to as "The American Question." The question could not be evaded; a choice had to be made between neutrality and intervention. European attitudes towards the American Civil War would have a significant effect on the war’s ultimate outcome (Randall and Donald 355). Throughout the early months of the conflict‚ the reaction of Europe was of great
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The American civil war’s weaponry changed the way wars would be fought and is often referred to as the first “modern” war. The weapons used in the civil war include Long Range Rifles‚ the Minie Bullet‚ Repeaters‚ The Gatling Gun‚ Ironclad Warships‚ naval mines‚ and torpedoes. Long range weapons greatly boosted defense and increased the accuracy and range during wartime. These new rifles used Minie Bullets. These bullets allowed for more accuracy and a quicker reload of the gun‚ even without ramrods
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The military ideally strives to protect its nation and continuously improve its technology to better suit the conditions of the era. During the Civil War‚ the amount of developed and improved technology was massive. Although there are many‚ there are certain ones that are highly significant or frequently used. For example‚ the gatling gun. Similar to present day machine guns and was used often on the battlefield to cause damage to multiple soldiers in a quick instance. On the other hand‚ there were
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1861‚ the civil war began. It was a war between the north‚ or the Union‚ and the south‚ or the Confederacy over slavery. The Union had an army of nearly two million soldiers‚ while the south had approximately half because of their population differences. About 620‚000 total soldiers died from combat‚ starvation‚ disease‚ or even accident. The civil war was the bloodiest battle in the history of our country and resulted in the greatest number of casualties compared to any of American war. Soldiers
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Civil war is a war fought between cities that are in the same country. Many countries have civil war before‚ and one of the world’s biggest country is America. America also have a civil war in the past‚ and it is a central event in America’s historical consciousness. The American civil war period is between April 12‚ 1861 to May 9‚ 1865. There are several events that cause American civil war. I am going to talk about the most important event that led to the civil war. “The people of the United
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For many African Americans‚ the war offered an opportunity to get out of the cycle of crushing rural poverty. Black joined the military in large numbers‚ escaping a decade of Depression and tenant farming in the South and Midwest. Yet‚ like the rest of America in the 1940s‚ the armed forces were segregated. The Army accepted black enlistees but created separate black infantry regiments and assigned white commanders to them. Of the more than 2.5 million African Americans who registered for the draft
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