Confederate Heroes Or Traitors Analysis

The Confederate Flag’s Heritage of Hate The Confederate flag has now become a hot issue for South Carolina, which is the last state to have the original Confederate flag still flying on its Statehouse. What got the State’s attention was the economic boycott of South Carolina that was announced on January 1992 by the NAACP to pressure the State to remove the Confederate flag off of its Statehouse in Columbia. The NAACP’s removal request is based on the fact that they, the anti-flag groups, claim that the meaning of the Confederate flag is one of hate and discrimination. On the other hand, there are other groups that believe differently whom are called the pro-flag groups. They claim that the Confederate flag is a sign of heritage

Question 1: Three to four million men mostly of European descent fought in the Civil War, but the following groups also made significant contributions: Free Blacks Black soldiers Women in the North Women in the South Native Americans Which of these groups had the greatest influence in the course of the war? Why? Which of these

The romanticized version of the Civil War creates a picture of the North versus the South with the North imposing on the South. However, after reading “The Making of a Confederate” by William L. Barney, one can see that subdivisions existed before the war was declared. The documents analyzed by Barney primarily focus on the experiences of Walter Lenoir, a southern confederate and a member of the planter elite. His experiences tell a vivid story of a passionate and strongly opinioned participant of the Civil War as well as demonstrate a noticeably different view involving his reasoning when choosing a side. Between analyzing this fantastic piece of literature and other resourceful documents from “Voices of Freedom” by Eric Foner, one

The Civil War was provoked for several reasons which included industry, slavery, and territorial disputes among the Northern states and Southern states of the newly established United States. The first recorded engagement of war between the North and South is documented to have taken place on April 12th, 1861 at

There were several reasons for the defeat of the Confederacy which included no industrial base, (Donald 1996, p. 99) inadequate transportation net (Donald, 1996, p. 99), and bickering among the generals (McPherson & Hogue, 2009, p. 365) etc., but the overriding factor was that the Confederacy never became a nation (Donald, 1996, p. 100). That is, they seceded because the Southern states believed they had the right as independent States to do so (Donald, 1996, p. 7). The South lost because they never stopped believing this. No state could depend on any other for full support of the war. The Governor of Georgia specifically prohibited his troops from fighting outside the state for many months. Many governors set limits on how many

Confederates in the Attic As Tony Horwitz illustrates in Confederates in the Attic, the Civil War is far from over. Horwitz, determined to find the answers to this conflict, treks through the South, seeking to explain man's longtime obsession with a war that divided the nation. Talking to historians and Civil War reenactors of all kinds, he finds that people are still divided today when it comes to the war and present issues in society. He collects a vast amount of data, which proves to make things very difficult in drawing a general conclusion. Horwitz learns how differently the south views the war, discovers the way in which people use history to suit their own needs, and explores issues of race.

Statesmen and the Confederacy The American Civil War was a bloody battle fought between the Confederacy (CSA) and the Union. Many men died, especially those who fought for the south. The Missouri Compromise is what separated the North from the South, leaving slavery in the north outlawed and vice versa. When the Missouri Compromise was repealed and the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, northerners were outraged. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he wasn’t an outright abolitionist, but he was anti-slavery, and therefore won no electoral votes from the south. His election made southerners fear for the abolition of slavery, and six states before Texas seceded to form the Confederate States of America. This sparked the Civil War, in which the CSA lost miserably and slavery was abolished. All of this leads to the question: why did Texans fight in the civil war? Texans fought in the civil war to protect states’ rights, for their love of Texas, and to preserve and protect slavery.

“A house divided against itself cannot stand” (Abraham Lincoln). In other words, the United States, which was split into the North and South, could not stand with the uprising of conflict. The wise words of Abraham Lincoln foreshadowed the Civil War, which would become one of the worst wars in

Confederates in the Attic As Tony Horwitz illustrates in Confederates in the Attic, the Civil War is far from over. Horwitz, determined to find the answers to this conflict, treks through the South, seeking to explain man's longtime obsession with a war that divided the nation. Talking to historians and Civil War reenactors of all kinds, he finds that people are still divided today when it comes to the war and present issues in society. He collects a vast amount of data, which proves to make things very difficult in drawing a general conclusion. Horwitz learns how differently the south views the war, discovers the way in which people use history to suit their own needs, and explores issues of race.

The Confederate was under-going a major revolution with the war, but there is more. The Confederacy was not just dealing with an external revolutionary, but an internal one as well. As the Confederates were fighting a war; they were fighting battles and making revolutions upon themselves. There are three internal

When we compare the military leaders of both North and South during the Civil War, it is not hard to see what the differences are. One of the first things that stand out is the numerous number of Northern generals that led the “Army of the Potomac.” Whereas the Confederate generals, at least in the “Army of Northern Virginia” were much more stable in their position. Personalities, ambitions and emotions also played a big part in effective they were in the field, as well as their interactions with other officers.

After Abraham Lincolns election, most of the slave states decided to leave the union to form their own country. The states that started to secede from the Union in the early 1860’s to form the Confederacy had the chance to build something great. They built it for all the wrong reasons. Since the Republican platform prohibited the expansion of slavery in future western states, all future Confederate states started to plan to keep their ways of life protected. It went against their plans for expansion and their ideals so with their decision to secede from the Union many problems had risen up in their new government. The worst of the problems consisted of the rich controlled the government, the lack of industry, and the lack of allies that could provide help and resources

Since I have joined the Confederate army, There have been some good and bad days. The first couple days were good becuase I met new friends and got to know where they are from. There lives are different from each other’s. For example, Mike is from a city named Charlotte, North Carolina, Austin is from a small town in Texas, Nick is from Tallahasee, Florida and Joe is from Atlanta, Georgia. We trained together in the same camp before the march up north.

Confederate States Of America Confederate States of America, the name adopted by the federation of 11 slave holding Southern states of the United States that seceded from the Union and were arrayed against the national government during the American Civil War.

Racial tension has been a thorny issue for many Americans ever since the nation was founded. During the colonial era, white wealthy farmers often employed slaves from Africa, the Caribbean and other races to work in their farms. As the society progressed, however, the north wanted to abolish slave trade and give African Americans their rights but the south were against it claiming that the slaves provided the much-needed labor for their farms. This is what led to the civil war amongst other issues, and even though the country has been united ever since, race is still an issue and some states in the south fly the confederate flag. Opponents, however, have called for the removal of the confederate flag claiming that it fuels racial tension. One such opponent is South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley, who made the “Confederate Flag Speech” in 2015 calling for the removal of the flag from Capitol grounds. Haley starts building her credibility reputable sources citing convincing facts, and successful employing the emotional appeal; however, towards the end of her speech she fails to convince the legislature, who have the power to remove the flag.