Civil War Warfare

Soldiers of the American Civil War were overwhelmed by a time where weaponry and technological developments were thriving. This brutal war changed the soldiers, both mentally and physically, and continued to have an impact throughout their entire lives. There were not only many deaths during the war, but also prior to the war as many soldiers took their own life. They would experience disturbing thoughts and events in their mind that could not be explained until they became known as mental illnesses. The exploration of psychological disorders following the Civil War improved medical diagnostic tools and the way patients were treated which transformed the treatment of mental illness by creating new ways of discovering illnesses, treating patients, and developing the foundation for the future of psychology throughout America.

During the American Civil War, there were such things called guerrillas. No, I am not talking about the muscular black creatures that hide in the jungle. Though that is exactly how the Confederate independent companies got there name. Where and when did guerrilla warfare begin? Who did it involve? Who were these so called guerrillas and what was there strategy? Did certain Military commanders in Arkansas make an impact on the use of guerrillas? What were the strategies that Federals and Unionists used to stop guerrilla warfare? Daniel Sutherland’s Guerrillas: The Real War In Arkansas explains how partisan fighters helped shape the strategic and tactical patterns of the war. Shows us the reasons men became

Calcium floodlights were mainly used by the Union soldiers as made it easy to see and they soldiers were able to blind Confederate soldiers (8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). One of the more creative weapons was a blanket used by Confederate soldiers (8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). As strange as this sounds, the Confederate soldiers used the blanket to catch explosives and throw it back in the enemy's direction. My personal favorite weapon used was a hot air balloon. It was shocking when it say that hot air balloons were used to give a large view of the battlefield. (Appendix A) This was more commonly a Union weapon as the Confederacy lacked good, quality materials to build a durable balloon (“8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). Like the machine guns and swords, rockets were actually used in the Civil War (“8 Unusual Civil War Weapons"). Although there were very few appearances from rockets, they still did help play a part by doing their job! The Confederacy used Congreve rockets as well (“Weapons”). They were around three feet and two inches long and filled with gunpowder. Although they could be powerful, they missed quite often and were pretty useless (“Weapons”). Used by both the Confederacy and the Union, underwater mines were useful to blow up the opponent's ship. Although the Union tried the underwater mines, the Confederacy had more success as they blew up dozens of the Union’s ships while the Union blew up only six Confederate ships (“8 Unusual Civil War

The South was known for the physical strength of its inhabitants and also the toughness of the culture. The Southerners had a legacy of plantation farmers and co-workers. They were known for their strong soldiers and capable officers. Many of the famous Confederate Generals such as Robert E Lee and Stonewall Jackson would help give the Confederate soldiers the upper hand in the beginning of the war. They were shrewd tacticians and inspired fierce loyalty in their men. Most of the battles in the Civil War were fought in the South, which means the Confederates had the defensive advantage. They also fought for what they believed was their Independence. (CITATION)

The war produced about 1,030,000 casualties, including about 620,000 soldier deaths—two-thirds by disease, and 50,000 civilians. The war accounted for roughly as many American deaths as all American deaths in other U.S. wars combined.

The American Civil War had as many as 650,000 casualties, naming itself as America’s bloodiest war. The beginning of the end started when Union armies outran Gordon’s regiment and had already captured 6,000 troops prior to the battle at Sayler's Creek. Union troops had overthrew the Confederate capital of Richmond, due to this the North had Lee running for the hills and Grant was not about to let Lee off that easily. It doesn’t help that the Confederates had many soldiers leaving the army, so really there really wasn’t a Confederate army, in all honesty they were a band of jolly old rebels. Grant chased Lee through the backwoods of Virginia and eventually into Appomattox Court House, Lee who was low on supplies, soldiers, and ammunition, he knew that he didn’t have a

During the 1860s there were many issues and that the Southern and Northern states needed to work on. In 1861 hundreds of thousands of Americans volunteered to fight in the Civil War, also known as the First Modern War. The main causes of this war were the economic and social differences between the North and the South. These differences led to other fundamental issues such as slavery and its abolition. In addition to that as the war was coming to its end, federal authorities found themselves presiding over the transition from slavery to freedom.After the war, there was a 12-year period best known as the Reconstruction and the main goals that it had were to get the Confederate States back into the Union, to rebuilt the Southern economy

Confederate Colonel John Singleton Mosby was quite the character. Known as the “Gray Ghost”, his strategy of rapid military assaults against Union troops proved deadly effective (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012). He sported a plumed hat and scarlet-lined grey cloak as he directed his troops, Mosby’s Rangers, straight from the saddle (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012). Their mission was to harass and discourage Union soldiers in stationed Virginia (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012). Their success was blatantly obvious as they killed hundreds of Union soldiers during their many conflicts (Wheeler, thewashingtonpost.com, 2012).

In 1861 two armies went head to head, one had the best military leaders and one had a massive amount of soldiers. The Union and the Confederate armies were brawling over slavery. During the Civil War soldiers weren't involved in a lot of combat, but when battles broke out, there was much blood shed and death. Gettysburg, the biggest and bloodiest battle, persisted a total of three days, leaving approximately 7,000 Americans dead and 30,000 wounded. The Confederate leaders didn’t do a phenomenal job at Gettysburg, therefore they lost . One leader, Richard Ewell, was indecisive, and dilatory towards the Union Army because he didn't pursue them on Cemetery Hill during the battle of Gettysburg.

When the Civil War started many people of this nation were not expecting the chaos, destruction, and they certainly did not expect the war to last so long. The history of the guerrilla warfare began shortly before the start of the Civil War and lasted a few years after the war. The guerrillas dominated Missouri to such an extent that the Union army had to station thousand's of troops in the state to try to control the turmoil that these guerillas caused. As Richard Brownlee states on page 5 "The history of the western Confederate guerillas began in the state of Missouri several years

A Review of Michael Shaara, The Killer Angles. New York: David McKay 1974. By Ankit Khanal.

The Civil War of America has been discussed as the first modern war of the new industrial age. Army’s of such a large size had yet to meet head on, face to face in the battle field with weapons of such mass destruction and deadly force. America had not yet seen casualties of this magnitude to

After the American civil war, the Rangers made their first priority protecting settlers, but their reputation was stained by their brutality of methods and insubordination

In 1861, a horrific war began. Nobody had any idea that this war would become the deadliest war in American history. It wasn’t a regular war, it was a civil war opposing the Union in the North and the Confederate States in the South.. The Civil War cost many people’s lives on the battlefield and beyond. In addition it cost an extreme amount of money for the nation which possibly could have been avoided if the war had turned to happen a little differently.

There are usually three different categories to guerrilla operations. They are the people’s war, Partisan warfare, and raiding warfare. Each has there own characteristics that were commonly found during the civil war years (1861-1865).