The trenches were muddy and there was rain and snow most of the clothing couldn’t hold up in these harsh weather conditions, so most men would ask friends and family to send extra clothing from home. The Army changed its uniforms often but the U.S. Navy never really changed its uniform they were too busy building new armored ships and guns. The only difference between their work uniforms and their duty uniforms were blue and white. The blue blouse pants set called a jumper was worn in the winter, and in the summer time the uniform was all
At first the United States government was undecided about the use of black soldiers in the army and used them in demeaning tasks. Shaw was able to extort higher military officers to persuade them to use his regiment in combat at James Island, South Carolina, and Fort Wagner. His goal was to prove black men are as qualified as a white man on the battlefield. The film presented heroic
One of the first inaccuracies that was present in the movie was the suggestion that most of the African American soldiers fighting in the war where fugitive slaves, like John Rawlins or Private Trip, who had escaped from the South and had a desire to fight for the abolitionist north. In actuality most of the soldiers who fought in the 54th Massachusetts regiment where African Americans who were free slaves, like Thomas Seares, from not only Massachusetts but also Pennsylvania and New York. Of course there were some soldiers who were running away from the secessionist southern states who enlisted in the northern states to help their cause. In the film Robert Gould Shaw, who is played by Mathew Broderick, is offered the position of Colonel of the 54th Massachusetts Regiment by the governor of Massachusetts, Governor John Albion Andrew and accepts it the same day he is offered the position. In actuality however, Robert Gould Shaw was offered the position as commanding officer but REJECTED the offer when it was first presented to him.
In contrast to many other states, Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland had a difficult time deciding which side to join during the Civil War. Why do you think this was so? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ 4. Study the map and the table. Then list the states that had both a substantial slave population in 1860 and a large African-American population in 1990.
Assess the factors that led to the outbreak of the American Civil War in 1861 The main factor that caused the American Civil War in 1861 was slavery as it was the underlying fundamental division between Northern and Southern societies that made living in harmony impossible. However, we must also examine the economic disparity between the North and South, political failure to manage the situation and the impact of the election of Lincoln in 1860. Although slavery is the underlying reason, the civil war would not have happened if it were not for the financial divide that developed because of slavery. These core factors were exacerbated by political mismanagement, a catalyst for the outbreak of the Civil War and Lincoln’s election in 1860, the trigger factor. Despite this, had it not been for slavery, there would have been no initial divide between North and South which created economic disparity and led to Southern paranoia over Northern expansionism which led to war, thus the most important factor.
General Ewell, of the Confederacy, faced a difficult decision over whether or not he should attack the Federals on Cemetery Hill. Lee had ordered him to attack, but only if he thought there was good chance of success. Ewell could not be certain of that. His men were tired and disorganized after their victory. They had lost momentum while pursuing the Federals through the town, and needed to be reorganized before continuing.
There was a lot of pressure between the north and south. Just like any other large group of people, of course there were some disagreements, which is probably why the whole thing escalated the way it did. What one liked the other did not, for example, the confederate states (South) wanted to keep slavery around because it was very important to them and the union (North) did not find the need to keep it around. The emancipation of slaves depended on who won the war or not which caused more problems than expected. President Lincoln, just by going off of the fact that he asked the soldiers to only sign up for three months shows that he did not expect the war to last as long as it did.
Vietnam was only the second war to feature desegregated units, having followed the Korean War of the 1950s (Armstrong). The new challenges that soldiers faced led to an inevitable division between races. Fragging was a common way for soldiers to deal with these problems. Unable to take the orders or policies of their superior officers, many resorted to murdering them. Many of the problems that soldiers had with their commanders stemmed from race, where barriers existed regardless of the beliefs a person had.
Throughout history, mankind has waged war against each other various reasons. These reasons are often times proven to be trivial and superfluous thus making wars preventable. The American civil war was a war that was inevitable because of key events leading up to the war divided the country to the point where it made war unpreventable. The first issue that made the civil war unavoidable was the Declaration of Independence (cite). The writer of the Declaration was Thomas Jefferson who wrote it based off the ideals of the enlightenment period.
Manfred Blum Instructor: Dr. David Haus History 205 12 December 2006 What Caused the Civil War If someone were to ask the average American citizen about the Civil War, many would probably bring up Robert E. Lee, Ulysses S. Grant, Gettysburg, Bull Run and Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address. All the aforementioned people, places, and events are all important nonetheless, but if the average American citizen were then asked what caused the Civil War, they would be likely to tell you that it was slavery and the North and South’s disagreement about it. Many people do not realize that slavery was not the direct cause for the succession of the Confederate States, or the Civil War itself. Both sides had their reasons for fighting the war. The South’s