WA R T H AT C H A NG E D

By Steven Lee Block F

TABLE OF CONTENTS
RESOURCES................................................................1 PREPARATION............................................................3 LEADERS......................................................................4 BATTLES.....................................................................5-6 MINORITY GROUP.....................................................6 MILITARY CAMPS.......................................................7 LIFE ON THE HOME FRONT...................................8 AFTERMATH...............................................................9 RECONSTRUCTION..................................................10 BIBLIOGRAPHY...........................................................11

. : RES OURC ES : .
The Confederacy lacked resources and abilities in the manufacturing side of its resources. It did have many cash crops but they proved to be useless when abroad trades halted and they were not turned into goods.

However, most of Americas

notable generals of that time sided with the Confederacy.

PREPARATION
SOUTH ADVANTAGES
Experienced military generals More familiar with the battleeld environment

SOUTH DISADVANTAGES
Lower population Relatively shorter amount of railroads Slower transportation of supplies

GE NE R A LS
Richard S. Ewell 1817 - 1872
Nicknamed Baldy later om during his military career, Robert Ewell was born with a military background, where one of his grandfathers was the secretary of the American Navy. Graduating from a military school, and ranked to rst lieutenant in 1845. Richard was able to achieve his senior status as military ofcer by serving under the command of renowned general Robert E. Lee during the Battle of Gettysburg.

James Longstreet 1821-1904

Called Old War Horse by his comrades, James was one of the prominent confederate Generals. He was the basically the second general in command after Robert E. Lee. He was one of the commanders of the Northern Army of Virginia but served alongside Richard S. Ewell under the command of Robert Lee in the Battle of Gettysburg. Longstreet was noted for arguing with Robert about the tactics. After the end of Civil War. James had a successful life as a diplomat and politician.

Joseph E. Johnston 1807-1891

Before the civil war, Johnston was able to attain valuable military experiences from the Mexican War and serving in other states as a civil engineer. This man served as a Confederate senior general in the Battle of Bullrun and in many other notable battles. He was denounced at due to his failures in the Vicksburg Campaign mainly because he was not aggressive enough in warfare.. After the Civil War, Johnston served in the congress and later died from pneumonia.

Chancellorsville April 30 - May 6

Battles

Chancellorsville was a major battle of the Civil War that was won by the Confederacy. It was considered to be one of the bloodiest battles of the American Civil War, marking over 24,000 casualties. The Union troops were led by General Hooker, who was a famous general that got all the girls. On the other hand, the Confederacy was led by Robert E. Lee and his right hand general Thomas J. Jackson. The Union tactic was to cross the Rappanhannock river and ank the stationary Confederate troops. However, the Confederate troops defense was impregnable and sporadic ghting broke out as the troops advanced on each other. Despite the Union had a larger number of soldiers than the Confederate army had, they lost due to disorganized ranks and leadership. Additionally, Jackson lost his arm from a friendly re, thus ending his military career and the loss of Robert E. Lees right arm.

First Battle of Sumter April 12-13, 1861

The First Battle of Sumter was probably the turning point of United States history. It marked the beginning of the Civil War for it was the rst case of violent conict between the Union and the young Confederacy. Fort Sumter was a fortress that was at that time occupied by the Union. However, when the Confederacy asked the Union troops to get out since the fort was on the Southern side, President Lincoln ignored the warning of the Confederacy and continued to send food and resources to the fort. So on April 12, the battleships opened re on the Union troops at Fort Sumter and the Union troops surrendered within 1 day after being relentlessly bombarded with shells and such. The Confederate troops were commanded by P.G.T. Beaureguard while the Union troops were led by Robert Anderson

Second Battle of Sumter September 8, 1863

After the Confederate troops took over Fort Sumter in 1861, the Union decided to try to recapture or just attack the fort. Led by Major General Quincy Gillmore, he ordered the fort to be reduced to rubbles. So after 1 day of bombing and shelling the Fort was obliterated and nothing much remained. On top of an overkill to a fort, it was only defended by 320 Confederate troops that were under the command of General P.G.T. Beauregard, the general that captured the fort in rst place. The battle lasted only one day.

Minority group during the Civil War

The freed African Americans in the Union enlisted in the amy to help free slaves in the South. Even though they were not treated equally even in the army, they were content with the thought of helping and free their friends that were still enslaved. Also, African American soldiers were one of the most loyal soldiers in the army.

M IL ITARY C AM PS
Life was really boring for the soldiers at these military camps. The soldiers were either trying to nd new ways to defeat their enemies, or doing small things to pass time. Some of these things included gambling, racing, and other games. Also, the soldiers took time to write letters to their families back at home because they would not know if they could see them ever again. The time the soldiers had at camps served as good opportunity for the

soldiers to practice war tactics so that they would not mess during battles. These included practicing drumming and getting into battle formations, as well as marching.

The survival rate for the soldiers in this war was 1 out of 4

L I F E ON TH E H OM E F RON T
--WOMEN-As most male gures went to ght in the war, the women and female people decided they wanted to contribute in helping their side win. They did this by helping sew uniforms in factories, became nurses and treated the wounded and the sick, and even defended home towns from the enemies. United States have never seen women this active in the society before.

INFLATION
The Civil War costed both sides huge amount of supplies for the soldiers the the battlefront. Therefore, supplies became scarce even back at the home front. Ination occurred when money was being printed without any prot gained, and thus there were minor nancial problems.

Aftermath of the War

Most of the battles were fought on Southern territory. Therefore, there were many damages upon the area and many villages were burned to the ground. Additionally, around a generation was killed off due to the ghting that it later affected the labor force during post Civil War. Overall, the Civil War inicted heavy damages that would greatly disrupt the way of living after the War, because all African Americans were to be set free and be able to start their own lives. Lastly, the really poor white people were also at the bottom of pyramid, considering slaves were equal too.
Over 610,000 Americans lost their lives, both ghting for what they believed. The American Civil War killed more Americans than it did in the both World Wars.

.:R ECONSTRUCTION: .
Since the Civil War left huge damage on the infrastructure and the land of the South, it is crucial that the the State provide ways to rebuild buildings and provide fertile land to the Southerners so that agriculture can resume and the South would be able to sustain itself. The Reconstruction had a goal to reintegrate the Southern people back into the Union as wells as get their economy running. However, conmen used the South peoples derived state and earned money off from selling load of junks while saying htat these would help whatever illness they have. Another negative effect was the occurring of the poverty cycle of the farmers where they would become debt. Lastly, animosity rose agains the Northern republicans rose such as the KKK and other racist groups. I would call for the revision of the Constitution or further amendments so that the freedman would be able to live without much distress in the newly formed society. On the economical side of the country, international trade must be reopened so I would call for the reconstruction of damaged ships or ports for marine trade. Lastly, I would change the presidenti

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