Cause And Effects Of The Civil War Essay

The Civil War began in 1861 and ended in 1865. Many claimed that the causes of this war were fought over the moral issue of slavery and state’s right. The battle of Fort Sumter fought in South Carolina was known as an official war that start the Civil War. In addition, the battle of Antietam was fought on Union soil in the eastern theater and it is known as the bloodiest single day battle in American history due to the combine of 23,000 dead, wounded and missing soldiers. After pursuing Confederate general Robert E. Lee into Maryland, the Union Army general George McClellan attacked Lee’s army and defeated them. After the Union victory from this battle, it boosted the northern morale. After five days from this battle, the president Lincoln transferred war effort from reunification to ending slavery called Emancipation Proclamation. There was a photographer named Matthew Brady who document the Civil War on a grand scale by bringing his photographic studio to the battlefields after receiving special permission from Lincoln in 1861 and brought photographs of the reality of war to the

They would not get a chance to die at home and surrounded by their loved one. There was no federal relief system prior to Civil War. The War Between the States created all types of relief and problems what to do with the wounded and disabled soldiers. The federal relief systems such as an ambulatory, pension and burial systems were established. Laws created allowed cities to provide funds to wounded soldiers came about due to Civil War. Males that were being killed had to deal with the widows, problems from the war. So, Federal Government gave money to wives, children to veterans and their parents. The U.S Sanitary Commission and Christian Commission support medical service to sick and wounded soldiers of Union. All these federal relief services were applied only to the Union and their family at that