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Essay on Why the South lost the Civil War | ||
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This is the first 1,000 characters of 561 words (2.24 pages) in the essay titled Why the South lost the Civil War There are many factors that contributed to the South’s loss of the civil war. Not only was Southern leadership weak, but the Southern army was significantly smaller than the North’s immigrant fed army draft and around 180,000 slaves fighting for the abolishment of slavery. The South also suffered severely from an insufficient transportation system for the movement of weaponry and goods. As though this wasn’t enough of a disadvantage for the South, their dream of foreign intervention, possibly by Britain, was shattered by the diplomatic leadership of the North, and a British oversupply of cotton that prevented manipulation of Britain’s markets. With all that the Southerners had against them, they also had a few important advantages over the North, which they never really exploited enough to make any significant gains in the war. One of these advantages was the strategic ability of not having to move over great expanses of land, but rather being able to hold their position and wait for the Northerner’s to attack. Another one of these advantages was a large amount of experience in the areas of horseback riding, and weapon handling for most Southerners. Though the army was smaller, this in combination with superior military intelligence helped the South to wage a somewhat competitive war. Robert E. Lee, considered by some to be one of the greatest war Generals of all time led the South to an amazing victory at the crucial battle of Gettysburg with the help of “Stonewall” ... |
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Keywords: governmental leadership, southern army, stonewall jackson, central government, southerners, civil war, abolishment of slavery, battle of gettysburg, population, abraham lincoln, loggerheads, crucial, honest abe, wasnt enough, souths, britains, military intelligence, robert e lee