The costs of the Civil War were enormous. The total number of military causalities on both sides exceeded 1 million. More men died in the Civil War than in all other American wars combined until Vietnam. However‚ the Civil War impacted the United States well beyond just deaths. The Civil war brought fundamental alterations in the life of the nation‚ changing the economy‚ the political landscape‚ as well as ways of life. Economically‚ wartime measures had introduced new federal involvement in
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Is it reasonable to fight against your own country? 1861 is when the Civil war started. Many states had already left the union to form a group of states called the Confederacy. Texas was the seventh state to leave the Union and to join the others. This is when America started to fall apart. Texans fought in the Civil War because of slavery‚ state rights‚ and their love of Texas. Texans fought in the Civil War because they wanted slavery. In Texas there were 182‚566 slaves‚ which made up 30% of
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The Civil War: Tuscaloosa’s Involvement Throughout history‚ America has been involved in many wars. No war hit quite as close to home as the Civil War. Brothers fought against brothers‚ and families were torn apart. Living in the United States during this time was rough‚ but living in the south was even harder. Tuscaloosa‚ being so close to the University of Alabama‚ played a significant role in the Civil War; it is important to understand Tuscaloosa’s involvement in the Civil War. The
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published in both The Journal of the Civil War Era and Civil War History I have a far better understanding of the many different subfields that make up the historical study of the Civil War. My response to the question which prompted this essay would be that I consider myself to be a military Civil War historian. However‚ I am not a military historian in the traditional sense. I am interested in studying the military strategies used by the great military minds of the Civil War‚ but that is not all I am interested
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The Civil War was a long war between the northern and southern states. The southern states seceded from the union‚ creating the Confederate States of America with their president as Jefferson Davis. This caused many years of violence with the union fighting for a united nation‚ and the confederacy fighting for secession. The war ended with a union victory‚ but it brought many consequences. The most significant of these consequences are the destruction of lives and property‚ the emancipation of slaves
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Slaves‚ and Free Blacks in the Civil War David H Mann HIS/ 155 April 29‚ 2017 Staci Anson There were many different affects for the women of the Civil War. There were different affects for the women of the Union soldiers and women of the Confederated soldiers. What were the differences and what were the similarities? Many women’s lives were dramatically affected during the war‚ whether they were from the south or from the north. Women on both sides fought in the war and sometimes even spied for the
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technological advancements were implemented during the Civil War. Some of these include the introduction of the ironclad to naval warfare. The use of the railroad to speed armies and supplies around the country‚ high speed communication via the telegraph‚ the use of rifles that would change tactical warfare forever and the introduction of new medical practices and ambulance corps. One of the major technological advancements brought on by the Civil War was the introduction of the Ironclad into battle.
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The American Civil War of 1861‚ has been taught in schools of America to be a war between the Confederates and the Union about the institution of slavery. However‚ this war also created the basis of new forms of weaponry and technology. Small arms of the American Civil War‚ were revolutionized in order to ultimately create faster-firing weapons that would prove to immensely assist soldiers in the war. Also‚ the advancement in weapon technology impacted the tactics and the style of warfare utilized
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The Civil War Summary The American Civil War‚ 1861–1865‚ resulted from long-standing sectional differences and questions not fully resolved when the United States Constitution was ratified in 1789. With the defeat of the Southern Confederacy and the subsequent passage of the XIII‚ XIV and XV amendments to the Constitution‚ the Civil War’s lasting effects include abolishing the institution of slavery in America and firmly redefining the United States as a single‚ indivisible nation rather than
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The Cause Of The Civil War The issue that I bring to you today is the issue of the cause of the Civil War. I know and believe that the Civil War began because of the separation of our country. The Confederates wanted slaves and the Union wanted to free every one of the slaves. The main cause and issue of the Civil War was the slavery issue. The North wanted the slaves to be free and the South wanted to keep the slaves working in their homes. I believe that slaves should be free and they should
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