I live in the South and of course a hot topic in this region is the American Civil War….there is always someone that has to analyze this conflict…Hell they even play out each battle in their re-enactments…..
Of course one of the hot topics for discussion is what really started the war. The most popular cause was the institution of slavery….but is it really? In the South the common cause is the state’s rights thing….some even say it was economics that started the war….that is pretty close because Southerns did not want to pay the help…..
The first reason is that neither side had actual armies formed up and in position to fight at the time of the Fort Sumter attack. Abraham Lincoln, on April 15, had to put out a call for 75,000 soldiers to come forward and form an army because he had nothing with which to fight the South, and it would take weeks after that call for the first elements of the army to arrive at Washington. The South was in no better position and had to begin creating its own armies if it was to carry out its part in a war.
The second reason that war could not begin on April 12 or for weeks afterward is far more subtle than the first. As of April 12, 1861, only seven states had declared their independence and joined the Confederacy. Those states were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, and Texas. Notably missing were Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, Tennessee, and Kentucky, states that would only secede later.
http://www.historyinanhour.com/2011/09/13/the-true-beginning-of-the-american-civil-war/
Now the next question to be asked….why did the South lose the war?
“The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike at him as hard as you can and as often as you can, and keep moving on.”
Put that way, the business of fighting and winning wars sounds simple enough. And perhaps it was simple in the mind of the man who so concisely described the complex art: General Ulysses S. Grant. After assuming command of all Union armies in March 1864, Grant crushed the Confederacy in about one year.
But the American Civil War, like any war, was not simple. The North and South engaged each other for four long years. More than half a million people were killed. Families were torn apart, towns destroyed. And in the end, the South lost.
Your history lesson is complete…off we go until tomorrow…..chuq
I have always been fascinated by your Civil War. I recently posted about the wonderful Ken Burns documentary. https://beetleypete.wordpress.com/2018/04/14/tv-series-review-the-civil-war-1990/
Best wishes, Pete.
You know Pete it has never interested me much and my area has a lot of history of the times…..kinda like cowboys…never cared much for the whole lame idea…chuq
chuq, can you perhaps add the the following to Doug’s site by copying and pasting the whole comment, please?
It seems I am no longer allowed to post comments on his site. This just appeared. No idea why, as it was a general comment, and nothing remotely offensive or anything.
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I cannot find a way to ‘let them know’
Much appreciated, Pete.
Pete I will post this for you and see if he has any idea what is wrong……chuq
Damn! I got the same message you did…I will try and get a hold of Doug….chuq
Pete, Doug has got the message and i working on a solution….chuq
Pete Doug asked me let you know he is going to “Jetpack” to find out may take 24-48 hours….chuq
Thanks for that, chuq.
You are welcome….hopefully he can fix the problem…..chuq
Yeah, I’ve lost a couple of good comments to the exact same thing.
Seems like nobody can comment there at the moment. Glad it’s not just me! 🙂
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Thank you Chuq! Great! Michael
Yessiree, the South sure has sum kinda obsessions with that there war…Civil War re-enactaments…monumentals….and even edumactional museums and such….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WYhQBFzIF84
And since when did they lose??? What kinda “revisualist histery” you be usin’, boy? They just took a lil’ nap. That’s all. But now, the South has dun but rised again, son!
Reenactment a waste of time and money….just saying…..chuq
Not iffn’ you can change them outcomes…so’s that the good guys won!
Whatta ya think Tricky Dick & Ronnie Rayguns and them there fellahs did with The Southern Strategy? The re-enactified the war and done got it won!
Yeehah!
THey knew that Civil Rights would have consequences and so far they, GOP, have been playing off that thought….chuq