Confederate States of America

abolished. A direct democracy vote asks the citizens to consider the issue and make a decision in order to cast their votes. Voters in the 1860s where limited to white male property owners and the majority of these men lived in the northern United States. Most of the slave owners in the 1860s were in the south and owned plantations. This was a small group of voters. Plantation owners would have been angered by this outcome and would’ve continued their path to leave the union. Therefore history wouldn’t

at Bull Run (Manassas), Antietam, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg and Vicksburg. After the bombardment of the Fort Sumter which initiated the War, four other states joined the Confederacy: Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee. Although the North had 23 states united, the southern military tradition was enormously strong. Border states Missouri, Maryland and Kentucky did not secede, but among their citizens there was a lot of support for the Confederacy. On July 21st, 1861, in the First

equally, if not more, important to the war that divided the United States of America. One of these battles was the first Battle at Bull Run. In this paper I will explain when and why it happened. And also, how this battle influenced and shaped the outcome of the Civil War. Three months into the Civil War things were starting off pretty slow. There had only been small battle and not much effort put in from either side. Neither the Confederate Army nor the Union Army had put much training into their troops

On September 17, 1862, the Union and Confederate armies met near the Maryland village of Sharpsburg in a battle that still remains the single bloodiest day in American history. The battle consisted of many attacks and counterattacks between Union General George B. McClellan and The Army of the Potomac against Confederate Robert E. Lee and his Army of Northern Virginia. Despite being heavily outnumbered, the Confederates managed to fight relentlessly over the course of the struggle. However, after

fallen in a panic by the hands of the Confederate citizens of the capitol. General Robert E. Lee is leading his troops across Virginia in a retreat to the Carolinas for food, ammunition, and reinforcements. General Ulysses S. Grant is hot on Lee’s trail and manages to force Lee’s troops to march farther from the path to the Carolinas. At the Appomattox Court House in 1869, Lee surrenders to Grant and the Civil War ends. During the Civil War, actor and Confederate supporter John Wilkes Booth is plotting

the history of American. In those four years, more than half a million soldiers from both the Confederate and Union side were either wounded or died trying to fight for what they believed in. A nation was divided and mass social and economical changes occurred throughout the entire region. This fight over slavery and State rights would pit man against man and create a greater debt within the United States than anyone could have possibly imagined. However, whether it was directly or indirectly, it

many people. Although it was only expected to last 6 months it ended up taking 4 years before it was over. . The war started in 1861 and ended in 1865. The 2 sides of the war were the union and confederates. The union was on the north side and the confederates were on the south. The south wanting state rights and the north not wanting slaves anymore caused the war. After 4 many long years the North won. The north and the south had many differences which led to fights and disagreements, The south

history is known as the American Civil War killing nearly 620,000 soldiers and a mass amount of civilians. The War Between the States was fought between Southern slave states and the United States federal government. Southern states formed a group called the Confederacy, which went against the beliefs of the Union. Jefferson Davis of the Confederate States of America and Abraham Lincoln sought different views on slavery. Lincoln believed that all slaves should be emancipated and advocated the

Tearing Down History The Confederate Monuments that are standing are a symbol of our great nations life. These monuments being taken down is solving nothing and doing nothing but causing madness between the American people. These monuments should stay to give people knowledge and teach them of what our state once was and still is. The Monuments of the Confederate soldiers that are scattered across the United States are symbols of freedom in our country. People are declaring that the monuments be

wished to put an end to slavery since he became the 16th president in March 1861. Lincoln’s desires on ending slavery in the United States was the most profound thing he has ever accomplished in many of our eyes. With all his astonishing achievements, leading and winning the civil war, writing many speeches, and declaring freedom for all people, people of the United States still admire him to this day. In March 1861, Lincoln had his first inaugural address speech. In 1861, the citizens weren’t