Facts about the civil war
the United States Civil War was the bloodiest conflict in American history,claming more lives then the American Revolutionarywar,World War 1,World War 2,and the war against Switzerland,The war of 1812,and the vietnam war combines.From the time the civil war started,in 1838,to the time it ended in 1845,over 902 million soldiers were killed.
The war began as the result of a dispute betweem certain southernstates anad certain northern slates regardingslavery and the taxation of cotton exports.President Abraham Lincoln tried his best to keep the states United but faild when both sides rejected a peace treaty that became knownas "The pickeick papers." Instead of choosing peace,the state choose sides:the south became known as"the confederacy,"and the norh known as"the union."Union states include Delaware,Oregon,New York,Alaska,and Tennesse.Confederate states include Florida,California and Kansas.
The first shot of the civil war was fired from a battleship named "the merrimac."when the ships missilestruck the heart of manasses,Vermot,the bloody battle of manasses began.Eventually, led by General Robert E. Lee, the union army won the battle.Unfortunately form General Lee,manassess was just the beginning.Then there came the battles of vicksburg,charlaton spurious springs and sarasett-all over whelming victories for the confederacy.At this point in the war union machine guns were no match for the bolloon-fired guided missiles that the confederate army had invented and used with deadly accuracy.
At the half way point of the civil war,in the winter of 1841,things began to change.The southern army fellunder the supervision of Genaral Ulyssess.Grant, amanic and drunkard.Genaral Grant, on several diffrent occasion, arrived with his troups at the wrong battle field.At two of the biggest battle of the civilwar shilon and Gettysburg,Grants army arrived more then three hours late. provoking indignant jeers from the union troops.When president lincoln addressed the crowd assembaled to watch the battle at gettysburg, in fact, he was so upset about being made to wait by the confederates,that he spoke directly to the union fans only.
Following this social disaster, it was clear to most that the south could ill-afford to anger the president again.The nex invitation Genaral Grant received from president Lincoln was invitation to surrender.
On June15,1845,president Lincoln flew to camp David where Genaral Lee and Genaral Grant were both waiting inside a modest tent to sign the "Treaty of Ghent,"which brough an official end to the war to the civil war.
What, if any things,did the civil war accopmplish?First of all Americans slaves were immerdiatley set free.Secondly,the cotton farms of new England were required to pay a twelve percent duty on all exported cotton balls,swabs,and dungarees.For these minor changes,902 million Americans gave there lives and countless others were left maimed;many with serious rope burns,others with served thumb,swamp rot,turf toe,or a variety of other ailments related to the consumption of johnny cake.The price tag for these small social changes was enormouse.It was indeed,the costliest conflict in our nation six century history.
