Who Is The Confederate's Victory In The Civil War?

The three day battle was action packed from start to finish. It all started at about 5:30 am, with a single shot fired over Marsh Creek. After a single shot, all hell broke loose. The Union suffered important losses, most notably the loss of General Reynolds. General Lee arrived on the battlefield near noon, after receiving word of the battle. A single Confederate division drove back two Union brigades, who retreated to Cemetery Hill. General Lee decided to attack the Union soldiers at Cemetery Hill to prohibit reinforcements. General Ewell declined the option to attack, and the first day of battle came to an end. Meanwhile, the Union gathered reinforcements as General Lee feared.

September 16, 1862 Gen. George B. McClellan an his army (Union) confronted Robert E. Lee troop ( Confederate) in Virginia. On September 17, Gen. Hooker attack Lee left flank. It was the bloodiest day in American military history. The Union kept attacking and the Confederate counterattacks were just as powerful. This battle had Lee forces go to Maryland which would give Lincoln win that needed before giving the Emancipation Proclamation

Americans had been engaged in a Civil War which had been begun in April of 1861 with shots fired on a fort in South Carolina. In the summer of 1863 in a small town called Gettysburg, there would be a fierce battle fought between the Union Army of the Potomac led by General George G. Meade and the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia led by General Robert E. Lee. The events of the battle would overcome the losses suffered by the Union and put the Confederacy on the run. “Over 165,000 men would converge, and before the fighting ended, the ground would run red with blood. The battle was fierce, and the casualties proved it. But the casualties that resulted would not be in vain, at least for the Union; the formidable power

The Union army was taken by surprise the first day when the Confederate Army unexpectedly attacked, but after Union reinforcements arrived the fighting virtually ended in a tie. Lasting for two days, April 6 and 7 of 1862, casualties for both sides exceeded 20,000. The Battle of Shiloh was a

Although Bloody Hill was one of charge and countercharge for the Confederates, the major problem was tactical positioning of the topography and technology. BG Slack and Woodruffs defense greatly outnumbered Lyon’s force as they were positioned down the hill and held inferior weapons. As Slack’s 2 regiments alongside Woodruff guns proceeded to move forward, close enough to be within range to shoot their shotguns and muskets, but the Federals would drive them back with artillery, small-arms fire, and short counterattacks. In order to hold Lyon’s advance, almost his entire force was engaged except for his reserve, the 2nd Kansas Infantry. Eventually, when the fighting died out all along the line as both Confederate and Union sides needed to reposition and recuperate to continue to fight as time went on. (George E. Knapp, 1953).

“Why did the North win the Civil War?” is only half of a question by itself, for the other half is “Why did the South lose the Civil War?” To this day historians have tried to put their finger on the exact reason for the South losing the war. Some historians blame the head of the confederacy Jefferson Davis; however others believe that it was the shear numbers of the Union (North). The advantages and disadvantages are abundant on either sides of the argument, but the most dominate arguments on why the South lost the war would be the fact that state’s rights prevented unification of the South, Jefferson Davis poor leadership and his failure to work together with his generals, the South failed to gain the recognition of the European nations, North’s superior resources made the outcome inevitable, and moral of the South towards the end of the war.

Next, we have the analyzation of the strategies, tactics, and battlefield layout. This battle can be separated into two engagements. Each of these engagements can be identified by the hill they primarily fought by. The first battle is on Matthews Hill. It started with the Col. “Shanks” Evans engaging the Union’s flanking maneuver. Beauregard also attempted to flank in the direction where these Union troops were coming from. Eventually, the small engagement turned into a more sizable battle as each side sent more troops. Unfortunately for the Confederates, they were outnumbered in all aspects and were forced to retreat to Henry Hill.

On April 12,1865 Confederate warships bombed the union at Fort Sumter in South Carolina and this marked the beginning of one of the worst and deadliest wars fought in the world. It was a war that only lasted around four years but yet took 620,000 of our brothers, sisters, and children with it. Families were torn apart, sons had lost their fathers, mothers lost their sons, and whole towns lost every man they had to give. A war that we fought on our land, a war that made brother fight brother, killed almost as many men as every war America has fought since combined. At First the Union believed they were going to fight at least a couple battles and it would all be over with, but oh was the Union wrong. They under estimated the wholeheartedly fighting Confederate soldiers, the Confederates were not going to give up that easily what they needed, what they wanted, and their way of life.

On April 6, 1862 General Albert Sidney Johnston of the Confederacy attacked the Pittsburg Landing over by the Tennessee River. There were many important events that took place during this battle like that of the Hornet’s Nest and many others. Many men died in this conflict on both sides.

Fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland and Antietam Creek, corpses of soldiers filled the ditch earning itself the name, “Bloody Lane” after the intense Battle of Antietam. The Confederate led by Robert E. Lee, and the Union led by commander George B. McClellan both contributed to the most bloody single-day battle in American history.

In August 10,1861, there was battle of troops that took place in approximately 9 to 10 miles southwest of Springfield, MO. This battle is well known as Willson’s Creek Battle. It is also known as Oak Hills by people in the south. This battle is marked as the first battle that started the civil war in Missouri. This war lasted for approximately three and half years. Obviously, this battle affected many aspects of life. In particular, the battle had impacts on the aspects of Medical care, military, families, education, and economical.

One group was sent to tunnel under the Third Louisiana Redan and set off barrels of black powder that blasted a hole in the Confederate’s defense on June 25. Confederate soldiers quickly attempted to escape through the breach but were confronted by an army. They fought desperately for hours on end until they had finally driven out the attackers.

On April 10, 1865, General Ulysses S. Grant surrendered to General Robert E. Lee of Confederate forces and delivered a farewell address to his Union soldiers, “After four years of tiring service, marked by supreme courage and commitment,” said Grant, “the Union Army has been forced to concede to overwhelming numbers and resources.” According to Grant, the Union lost the Civil War, more commonly referred to in its time as the “War of Northern Aggression,” not because it fought badly, but rather, because it lacked the motivation needed to collect the sympathy and support from the general public needed to inspire a victory. Join historian and historical reporter, Amelia Elinor Hicks, as she takes us back in time to analyze the events of the Civil War and to learn what caused the Union to lose it.

The South was viewed by many in the United States and elsewhere as a robust, self-sufficient economy (Surdam, 2001, p. 1). It produced much of the world's supply of cotton and Texans bragged that their cattle could feed the world. What the South lacked in manufacturing was compensated for by the immense wealth produced from raw cotton, cattle, and corn exports. Obviously, the predictions that the South could survive a war with the North due to its economic self-sufficiency were wrong. This essay analyzes the possible reasons for the failure of the Confederacy to win the Civil War.

After the Civil War ends, various region of the United States had gone through many changes. The Union victory symbolizes Abraham Lincoln had successfully united the nation. The North, South, and West region’s economics, government, and social development changed drastically. Some of the region 's economy were improved because of the railroad. In this time the United States was starting to improve their communication between regions. The federal government also tried to spread the population evenly throughout the nation by passing some law that benefited the citizen and persuaded them to immigrate.