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triggered a vote that would change Arkansas forever. The elected leaders of Arkansas by a margin of 69 to 1 passed a disunion ordinance and chose to stand with the Confederate States to oppose Northern aggression, unfortunately there loyalty went underappreciated as Arkansas’ geographical and political significance went overlooked by confederate leaders and their war strategy. This strategic error resulted in limited government support

Southern parts of Pennsylvania and the border of Maryland and Pennsylvania. The battle of Gettysburg produced an upwards of fifty thousand casualties, with some of the men never to be found. Gettysburg is the turning point of the war because the Confederate army that invaded the Union lost a huge amount of their men that they could no longer invade the

book For Cause & Comrades McPherson describes soldiers initial motivations. The differences between the confederate and union soldiers’ motivations were more prominent than they were similar because their underlying goals for the future of America varied when it pertained to human rights. Soldiers on both sides interpreted the meaning of the War for Independence in differing ways. The Confederates thought they were fighting for their own independence from a tyrannical government, while northerners

Pennsylvania. The battle of Gettysburg produced an upwards do fifty thousand casualties, with some of the men never to be found. Gettysburg was the turning point of the war because the Confederate army that invaded the Union lost a huge amount of their men that they could no longer invade the union. In the end the confederate army received their biggest blow when President Abraham Lincoln signed the emancipation

of slavery, and the success of a democratic government. The battle analysis examines the strengths and weaknesses of the Confederate and Union army leading up to the battle on September 17, 1862. Union and Confederate forces suffered severe losses totaling 22,719 casualties, ending with Confederate forces withdrawing to the south. Broken and unmotivated, Union and Confederate soldiers lost morale and drive to finish the battle. The fact that Lee withdrew from the battle of Antietam was enough of

along the Rappahannock River including Falmouth, Marye’s Heights, Stafford Heights, Prospect Hill, and Hamilton’s Crossing (Yandoh, 2001). The Federal Union and Confederates had the same goal. To preserve their way of life, but that’s where the similarities stopped. Both sides wanted a different way of life preserved. The Confederates goal was to gain independence from the politically oppressive North and to establish an independent nation that allowed slavery (Olson-Raymer, 2014). The Federal

In 1800s, there was a war that happened that caused many people to die in the war, which was Civil War. The Civil War was a war that was fought between the Union and Confederate parts of United States. The Union was in the North, and the Confederates were in the South. There were many reasons why the battles were fought. During the Civil War, the president was Abraham Lincoln. There were many reasons why the war was fought, but the main reason was to keep the country together. Before the war, the

Why Was The Battle of Gettysburg a Turning Point in the War? The Battle of Gettysburg was a major battle fought between the North and South or Union and Confederates. The Confederates were led by General Robert E. Lee, a famous war hero during the Mexican-American war who gave hope to the South. While the Union was led by General George Meade, who also fought during the Mexican-American war. So, why was the Battle of Gettysburg a major turning point in the war? The Battle of Gettysburg was

Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine whether the Union or Confederacy would survive. The fight would take place between the North, called Union states and the South, called Confederate states. The Confederate states wanted to leave the North and South union and stand on their own. The war started on April 12, 1861 when Confederate forces attacked a Union military base at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The reason the war started at this time was that Abraham Lincoln had just been elected

Confederate Taxation and Inflation The civil war was the costliest war in American history, including the men that died and the finical cost. Officially, both sides lost 498,333 military lives – 3% of the male population in 1860 . And the financial situations that both sides – the Union and the Confederacy – will have to face will be large and expensive. The South had to build and install a system to fight the war. The North, on the other hand, will have a bigger economy and an effective government