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The 1861 to 1865 Civil War Between The Northern
and Southern States of America
Categories: American Civil War (https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/american-civil-
war/)
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Civil
War (https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/civil-war/)
The Civil War was fought from 1861 to 1865 between the Northern and Southern states
of America. The forces fighting were the Union in the North and the Confederacy in
the South. The main reason for war was the controversy involving slavery. The North
fighting to abolish slavery and the South fighting to expand slavery. Northern victory
in the war held the United States as one nation and abolished the idea of slavery that
divided the nation since the Revolution. The victory came at the cost of 625,000 lives,
almost as many American soldiers as died in all the other wars in which this country
has fought combined.
The Civil War started because the free and slave states
(https://gradesfixer.com/free-essay-examples/how-did-slavery-cause-the-civil-
war-in-america/) had a difference in opinion over the government’s power to
prohibit slavery in the territories that had not yet become states. Abraham Lincoln
won the election in 1860 as the first Republican president pledging to not let slavery
expand to the new territories. The South was not happy with this and seven slave
states in the South seceded and formed a new "nation", the Confederate States of
America. Lincoln’s administration and most of the North did not recognize the
legitimacy of secession.
The war resulted in the largest army organization creation in America. The Union
(North) ended up recruiting around two million soldiers and The Confederate (South)
800,000. Both sides relied on volunteers in the beginning of the war, but the
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casualties would begin to exceed the amount of volunteers. The casualties lead to
the Confederacy enacting the first draft meaning all able-bodied white men ages
eighteen to thirty-five were required to serve in the military for three years.
In March of 1863 The Enrollment Act was passed which made every able-bodied
white male citizen aged twenty to forty-five eligible for draft into the Union army. The
two ways to avoid the draft were to have someone take your place if you were
drafted or to pay a $300 ($8,286.20 in 2016) fee to the government. The first major
battle of the civil war was known in the north as the Battle of Bull Run and in the South
as the Battle of Manassas was fought on July 21 1861 in Virginia. The battle was fought
with around 60,700 soldiers and with an estimated 4,878 casualties. The Union army
was led by Brig. General Irvin McDowell and the Confederate Army was led by Brig.
General G.T. Beauregard.
The result was a victory for the Confederate Army.On April 6-7 1862 the Battle of
Shiloh was fought in southwestern Tennessee. The results of the battle was the failure
of Confederate forces to prevent Union forces from advancing into Mississippi River
Valley. On September 17, 1862 the battle known in the north as the Battle of Antietam
and in the south as the Battle of Sharpsburg was fought in Maryland. With 22,717
casualties it was the bloodiest battle in American history. The Union Army was led by
General George McClellan and the Confederate Army was led by Robert E. Lee.
The result of the battle was General Lee withdrawing his forces. General McClellan
had the opportunity to pursue and finish off Lee and his army, but failed to do so. This
is often seen as a reason for the war continuing. The battle was still a huge victory for
the Union Army. The victory was enough to give President Lincoln the confidence to
release the Emancipation Proclamation which declared an end to slavery in
Confederate territory.
The Emancipation Proclamation was issued on January 1 1863. It was an executive
order of President Lincoln that freed all slaves in the states still against the
government. It still didn’t apply to slaves in border states that had remained loyal to
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the government. Although it was not applicable until the territories were captured by
the Union Army, the Emancipation Proclamation united the Union with a common
goal to capture these territories and free the slaves.
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