Essays on Civil War

THESIS:

- INTRODUCTION
- Hisirian’s perspectives of the civil war.
- David Muzzey’s perspective
- John Anderson’s perspective
- DIVERGING VIEWS OF THE NORTH AND SOUTH
- Slavery
- Abraham Lincoln election
- The political landscape
- SESSECION ISSUE
- Effects of John Brown’s raid
- Polarized factions
- Economic perspective to slavery
- CONCLUSION
- REFERENCES

Historians have had their different views as to why and how important events happened in history. Such is the mystery surrounds the whole issue of the American civil war. Historians have had different reporting of events that took place

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Although the term Civil War in most cases is not defined to which nation it refers, it is believed that civil war took place in the United States between 1861 and 1865. This war was so extreme among the American states at the beginning of 1863 when the war was at its climax. However, the tension and the struggle ceased at the end of 1864. In addition, the war left a lot of American causalities (Rozwenc & Edwin, 48). The war is depicted to be one of the most dangerous civil war to be ever fought in the U.S in

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The American civil war was the worst war ever seen in the history of the United States. Many people died as a result of the war. During the American civil war, there were many technologies that were introduced and used. Notably, the technology used defined the impact of the civil war. Previously, many people used weapons such as bayonets, swords and knives, which was an old-fashioned method of fighting. However, the advent of civil war gave rise to the use of advanced weapons such as Gatling gun, which was very effective in the war. After the introduction of new

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After the American Civil War of 1861 to1865, Americans were faced with the issue of reviving themselves from the changes brought about by the war. This is especially so with regard to the Southern and Northern states that had formed the opposing sides in the battle. Finding basis on the issue of slavery, the North had been anti-slavery while the South had been pro-slavery. These different opinions later erupted to full-blown war that tore America into half and in turn saw previous patriotic citizens kill each other. With regard to the events of

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The Democratic Republic of Congo is a country located in Central Africa. It is known to be the second largest country in Africa, with a high population and with valuable resources. Congo has large reserves of gold, gems, cobalt, copper, uranium and timber with the most valuable resource being its large reserve of diamonds (Eichstaedt 115). These natural resources have been the main cause of a variety of wars in the DRC. Due to the high population, Congo has been rated to have the highest prevalence of poverty in the world today.
The history of of Congo has been

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It would be difficult to find a more authoritative source for the causes of civil war than Abraham Lincoln. According to Lincoln, what factors caused the civil war? 
'"A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure, permanently, half slave and half free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved — I do not expect the house to fall— but I do expect it will cease to be divided. It will become all one thing or all the other. Either the opponents of slavery will arrest the further spread of it, and place

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Abstract

The American Civil War (1861-1865) was mainly caused by different views on the issue of slavery among the Southern and Northern States. Democracy has four institutions that seek to influence outcomes that dictate democracy. They all revolve around freedom and citizenship of an identified people. Before the war, America was not a democratic state as slaves were considered property and not citizens of America. The Dred Scott vs. Sanford decision dictates these factors regarding slaves. When the pro-slavery states are defeated, America sees the start of a democracy in the country. The Emancipation Proclamation was the first

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The article’s historical content lies at a time when African Americans have gained their freedom from their white masters. After the Civil War of 1861 to 1865, the Northerners emerged the winners and implemented the liberation of all slaves in the country. With the emancipation, African Americans were considered citizens of United States and were in turn allowed to work for wages and attend school. On the other hand, the Southerners suffered a massive blow as their cotton plantations fell short of free labor. The major cause of the Civil War was

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Introduction

The Civil War is remembered as a period of great political and social upheaval. In addition, it is a period of change in technology. Military men and inventors devised new kinds of war equipment’s like the submarine, and the repeating rifle, that brought massive change on how the world military fought wars. There were also circumstances where technology was developed and had nothing in relation to war, such as the telegraph and the railroad (Blattman & Miguel, 2010). This kind of technologies and innovations did not only change the fighting styles of the people but also changed their living

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This essay explores in detail the reasons that fueled the civil war. It attempts to explain why the war continued for as long as it did and why both the North and the South poured all its resources to facilitate it. The American civil war was a turning point in history for the United States of America. Fought between 1861 and 1865, it took place in the North American territory. Warring parties were 24 northern states and they were taking on the newly formed Confederate states of America, which comprised of 11 Southern states that had seceded from the

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Written by Harrold Stanley, American Abolitionists is a book that scrutinizes the movement of abolishing slavery in the United States. It examines the movement from its origin in the 18th century in the course of the Civil War and the elimination of slavery in 1856. American Abolitionists book focuses on the American Abolitionists who struggled to end slavery and advocated for equal rights for all African Americans in the United States. Harrold mainly focuses his book on the abolitionist movement and the effect of slaves on its expansion. The book uncovers how abolitionist fought for the end of slavery

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Tony Horwitz examines the Confederates in the attic by looking at the events that transpired in America during the Civil war. Horwitz believes that Civil war is not over in that the Northern American states have a different perspective compared to the South and this has been the case for a long time (Horwitz 61). It is important to know that most Northern states supported the end of slavery whereas the South did not want to end slave trade. As a result, this is of the escapades that sparked the Civil war in the 19th century. Most white southerners

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The specter of Civil Wars has plagued mankind throughout history. Though most of these conflicts have eventually ended, there has been no tried and true negotiation blueprint to the effective ending to a Civil War. By examining Civil Wars fought between 1940 and 1998, Barbara Walter and the team of Carline Hartzell, and Matthew Hoddie attempted to begin to develop such a framework. In so doing, they examined the factors in Modern civil war peace agreements that led to lasting peace.
Walters begins her observations by noting that only about 1/3 of peace agreements attempted lead to lasting peace. (

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Civil War, American, a military conflict between the United States of America (the Union) and the Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) from 1861 to 1865.The American Civil War is sometimes called the War Between the States, the War of Rebellion, or the War for Southern Independence. It began on April 12, 1861, when Confederate General P. G. T. Beauregard opened fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, and lasted until May 26, 1865, when the last Confederate army surrendered. The war took more than 600,000 lives, destroyed property valued at $5 billion, brought freedom

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This article is focused in the reasons due to which Colored Americans are not a major part of Columbian exposition. Also, the tough times which these colored Americans faced after the end of civil war and life of postwar freedmen of south. How progress of colored people overtime has not been displayed properly in commercial and educational fields such as Literature.

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Key Events which influenced exclusion of colored Americans from Columbian exposition:
This chapter uncovers the sufferings of colored Americans post civil war and abolition of slavery. Southern states which were seceded from the union agreed to free their

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Introduction

Refugees fled from Sudan to Egypt following widespread violence in their mother country. Following the Darfur crisis caused by both the First and the Second Civil War, Sudanese have been persecuted causing them to flee for their safety. The First and the Second Civil War happened in different times in history in Sudan. Indeed, the most significant number of refugees in Egypt is made up of Sudanese refugees. The civil war was mainly as a result of differences in tribal culture and religious division between the inhabitants of Sudan in the North and South. Nonetheless, the entry of Sudanese

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According to the dictionary, a revolution is defined as “an overthrow or repudiation and the thorough replacement of an established government or political system by the people governed” and a civil war is defined as “a war between political factions or regions within the same country.” Then, these definitions lead us to a question: Is the Civil war a revolution? As the dictionary defines, through the American Civil War, the former political system was replaced by Union who won the war. First of all, slavery, which was one of the important reason of outbreak of the war, became illegal.

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The storyline follows the execution of Farquhar Peyton, a Southerner who falls prey to a trap set by the Northerners during the Civil war. The major cause of the American Civil War was slavery with the Northerners being against it while the Southerners supporting the same (Symonds). Social Realism can be defined as a means adopted to describe certain circumstances using written and painted media. In the case of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge,” the author brings to light the actions of the characters while at the same time; he uses the

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Before the break out of the civil war in 1861, US congress was predominantly divided into two. On one hand legislators from the northern states who were anti-slavery while on the other hand were legislators from the southern states who were pro-slavery. The southerners felt that abolishing slavery would have a negative on their economies while the northern felt that abolishing slavery would help their industries because former slaves would be attracted by paid jobs. To avoid a bloody conflict, several ceasefire meetings were held to quell the rising tensions. The Missouri Compromise of 1820, for instance, helped to

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Introduction

The development of medicine and medical care during the American civil war were significant due to its watershed impact on social and military evolution. The Civil War was the bloodiest war in the history of America, and had the war that had the most impact in the field of medicine. Civil war medical care providers such as surgeons had to learn fast and develop new techniques as the number of injured people were too high. The high number of the injured fighters included top officers and commanders in the military, which intensified and prompted the need for new developments.

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Civil War

A civil war is a conflict that occurs between groups of people from the same country. It is usually characterized by armed fighters or rebellions who oppose the government in a particular country. Throughout the history of the world, there have been innumerable civil wars. According to studies on civil wars in different countries, there have been factors that have attributed as the main causes for wars. These include; ethnic diversity, poverty and the presence of a dictatorial regime. This report will seek to give an overview of some of these causes and analyze the hypothesis surrounding the causes

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US Civil War

The civil war was a result of southern slave states made a declaration of their secession which also resulted to the formation of the Confederate States of America. Therefore, the fractious issue in the war was basically slavery especially when there was notable expansion of the trade to the territories on the west. There was never received any intervention from foreign powers. Almost all the infrastructure of the South was destroyed, more than 600,000 soldiers died, there was abolishment of slavery and collapse of the confederacy all occurred during the bloody combat. After all this, the US endured

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Summary (Chapters 12 to 21) of Mary Chestnut’s Diary

Summary
Mary Boykin Chestnut has encapsulated the experiences of her fellow Confederates at the time of the Civil War in her autobiographic novel Mary Chestnut’s Diary. Mary went through various endeavors during the Civil War with her Senator husband, James Chestnut, with most having been eye opening for her. Serving as quite a fitting historical account for the Civil War, the novel by Mary has provided deeper insights on the way Confederates carried out their resistance against the Unions (Chestnut).
During the Civil War, slavery has become a highly controversial issue, although the majority from both the Union

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History of racism between black people and white people in US

American racism was first committed against Native Americans after the institution of slavery against the African-Americans who were treated as property. Aside from this, African-Americans were not allowed to vote and hold political offices since the White Southerners believe that they are not qualified to these rights until they were educationally prepared (Alexander 8). Criminal justice was just considered a local affair during the colonial times until the Civil War wherein the bill of rights was not applied equally to all states. This changed after the Civil War where there was a development in criminal procedure with the emergence

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When the civil war began, Lincoln and many Northerners viewed it as a war to save the Union. By the end, it had become a war to end slavery in the United States as well. How and why did this change come about?
“Civil War, a war that redefined national and regional identities and became an enduring tale of noble resistance in the South and, for the rest of the country, a mighty moral struggle to erase the stain of slavery.” (1) The aforementioned assertion is half true, but most of its part is rather controversial. While almost every

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Summary (Chapters 1 to 11) of Mary Chestnut’s Diary

Summary
Mary Chestnut’s Diary is a creation of South Carolina author Mary Boykin Chestnut that has laid out accounts of Confederate experiences during the Civil War. As the wife of Senator James Chestnut of South Carolina, Mary had numerous opportunities to join her husband in multiple locations where some of the most notable events during the war has happened. In writing the diary, Mary thought that she would be able to contribute significantly to the history of the Civil War, particularly in showing how the Confederates resisted and struggled against Union aggression (Chestnut, 2011).
For Mary, a prevailing

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Summaries

Ambrose Bierce wrote What I Saw of Shiloh as his memoir of the 1862 Battle of Shiloh, a Civil War conflict in which he served the Union Army that went against Confederate troops. The atrocities of war are clear in the depictions of Bierce, most notably when he recounted the defeat of the Union Army on the first day of the battle. At the same time, Bierce emphasized the follies of most of the soldiers who fought, whose desire to serve for prestige has ultimately alienated them from the people who permitted them to go to war, hence saying, “

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A Military Coup for the Wrong Reason

Looking at the history of human civilisation, one can understand that there were more wars then times of peace and diplomacy. Nations and people can be in various forms of confrontation with one another, but one of the most curious and specific is the civil war. When someone is asked about perception of civil war the answer would often be that it has something to do with national uprising against undemocratic government or military coup against the existing legitimate government, when civilian population is involved one of the sides or simply in-between. In most of the cases, this way

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Before the Civil War the landowners in the United States had absolute power over their slaves. The slaves, in turn, have been forced to live life in the most brutal and unacceptable conditions. Because of this attitude slaves often died from exhaustion, starvation and torture, which often served as a punishment for even the slightest infraction. Each slave owner considered himself a landowner and aristocrat, which has the full right to the steps above. It is a known fact, that slaves were mostly blacks, therefore racist attitudes towards this race literally penetrated all levels of society. Moreover, the Southern

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Redemption: The last Battle of the Civil War is a book written by Nicholas Lemann. The book basically discusses American history with a bias to racism and racial violence in the 1800s in the United States. The author opens the account of this historic period with an incidence of racial violence. The book trails the life of Adelbert Ames who was a general during the civil war and was later appointed a provisional governor of postwar Mississippi, later a senator for the same state in 1870 and then a governor in 1873. The author explains an incident in Colfax,

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Bipartisan politics full of cutthroat politicians are often considered to be relatively new additions to the American political system. It is not uncommon for people to decry the current state of American politics, thinking about to a time when there was a kinder, more forward-thinking brand of politician in America. However, according to Michael Holt, this idea that there was once a type of American politician unconcerned with bipartisan politics is as much a fictionalization of the past as the narrative that slavery caused the American Civil War (Holt).
Holt argues that partisan politics played a fundamentally important role

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The American civil war began in 1861 during Abraham Lincoln’s tenure as the president of the U.S.A. The civil war resulted from the rivalry between the Southern states and the Northern states over the issue of slavery (Keegan 2). The Southern states, also known as the Confederate states, broke ties with the Northern states because the latter supported slavery. The civil war lasted for four years, during which, approximately six hundred thousand lives were lost. Some renowned historians have nicknamed the civil war as America’s second revolution (Keegan 3). I agree that the civil war has lived

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Question 1

Although the American Civil War and World War I were less than a century apart, the two wars produced vastly different types of music. The American Civil War was a war within a country, and the songs and compositions that appeared during the Civil War were influenced by that reality. On the other hand, World War I was very far from the United States, and the distance certainly affected the type and thematic issues addressed within the music of the World War I time period.
Many experts on music cite the Civil War as being the time that American

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Introduction

Question 1
The music composers utilized on the information and events those were present during the Civil War and World War I to suit their musical works. For instance, the World War 1 was characterized by lots of chaos and havoc therefore music composed during this period was also very chaotic. The composers looked into the events of the World War 1 and came up with music which had the following characteristics: frightening, unstructured, vengeful, disturbing and violent. They composed music that painted a dark and blurred scenario full of bloodshed and need to fight for equality of human

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Introduction

Music is indeed one of the most dynamic elements of art. It draws its inspiration from a myriad of factors that range from economical, social, cultural and even political. In many occasions, the quality of music mainly relies on the inspiration that the piece is drawn from. This essay aims to explore the Civil War and the World War I as sources of inspiration for music composers during these eras and how these composers interpreted the wartime events into their works of music.
During the civil war, music was extensively used to inspire loyalty among the fighting troops. Composers

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For Cause and Comrades

Introduction
For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War is a book by James M. McPherson about the civil war. The book draws heavily from 250 diaries and 2500 letters from 1000 Rebel and Yankee soldiers. In the book, McPherson explores the factors that kept the soldiers motivated and engaged in the horribly bloody and gruesome war. Using the letters and diaries, McPherson provides a comprehensive set of ideals that he believes were some of the key reasons why the individuals kept fighting in this war.
In For Causes and Comrades, the author’s thesis is

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The fifty- fourth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry regiment came into existence in 1863 under the leadership of Colonel Robert Shaw. It was the first military body composed of black soldiers who supported the union army in the American civil war. Before the endorsement of emancipation proclamation in 1862, federal service unit did not credit recruitment of black soldiers on the premises that they had no qualification and capability to deliver quality services as military personnel. However, the enactment of emancipation proclamation by the Congress paved way for inclusion and recruitment of black soldiers in the union army (Blair, 67). State

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Pilgrims came to America with hope to obtain freedom. Religious freedom, freedom from Monarch. But slavery was brought to this continent much more earlier than the refugees of “Mayflower”. In fact, story begins with Christopher Columbus with his expedition trip from Spain to America, when he brought five Jewish slaves on board with him. First American slaves appeared in San Miguel de Gualdape colony in 1526, but the system based on race slavery was fully developed only in 18th century. From that moment, slavery became an inseparable part in American economy. The territory of US grew sharply after the

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Book Review: Half of a Yellow Sun

Book Review: Half of a Yellow Sun
Back in 2004, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie published Purple Hibiscus that revealed her brilliant and tremendous talent. Moreover, she even won a Commonwealth writers' prize because of the novel. Half of a Yellow Sun is Adichie’s second novel, and the title refers to the ‘half’ yellow sun emblem present on the flag of Biafra. In her novel, Adichie emphasizes on the impact of the Nigerian Civil War on the civilian life, not only the deaths in battle but also the starvation that followed. As a result, Adichie’s work found its way

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Identify and explain how the North and South came to create different definitions of freedom and democracy prior to the Civil War.
The United States has always been a melting pot of sorts, a country with different viewpoints and aspects. None have been so different than the country’s views on slavery. Foner’s book focuses on the intrinsic differences between North and South on this issue with the North being particularly harsh in their abolitionist views whilst the South were not ready to budge on this issue. The socio political implications of these times also demonstrate that the

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