US Civil War
There have been many wars in the world and in almost all the major wars the United States has played a crucial role. This lead to the sacrifice of a large number of US soldiers. But the war that saw the maximum number of US nationals losing their lives was the US civil war. In this war of 1861, the lives that were lost were more than the total of all the lives lost in all the other wars fought by the US. The war that lasted for a total of four years fought for freedom. This war was between two parts of the country. The northern and the southern states fought for what they thought was right. The tension was brewing for a very long time because of the issues pertaining to the rights of the state and those of the federal authority. But, when Abraham Lincoln became the 16th president of America on March 4th, 1861, seven states of the south declared that they were opting out of United States to form another country by the name of Confederate States of America. Just after few days time, another four states joined in with the confederate states and this ignited the fire of war between the Northern and the southern states. This war made many people who were closely related, enemies of each other leading to the largest killing in the history of the US. By the end of the war in 1865, the blood of as many as 620,000 soldiers was shed. Millions of other soldiers got injured and the southern states and their economy were just devastated. Lincoln was a profound orator and a great politician, during the civil war he created a situation that pitted his opponents against each other.
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00:08There have been many wars in the
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00:21nationals losing their lives
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undefined:undefinedof four years fought for freedom.
00:39This war was between two
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00:54But, when Abraham Lincoln became the 16th
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01:15and this ignited the fire of war between
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01:35Millions of other soldiers
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01:53The Background of Civil War
01:55The United States was the first
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02:08still highly dependent on
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undefined:undefinedNorthern States wanted the Abolition
02:23of Slavery while the Southern
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02:38coffin of the economy
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02:52This was however received with a
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03:07political force working actively
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03:24The winning of the Republican Party that
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03:43It was at this time that seven of the
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04:11America had laid a siege around Fort
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04:26first shot of what was later
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05:03·Delaware
05:04·Missouri
05:05·Kentucky
05:06·Maryland
05:08But in these states where there
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05:19Even a part of Virginia broke
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05:33Out of those 34 states, 19 states were
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05:52in the Northern states brought
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06:20and could win the battles just
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undefined:undefinedBattle of Bull Run or what is known
06:36in the South as First Manassas
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06:51able to fight the forces from
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07:09be a small battle rather
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07:23while the states that were in the union
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07:39The Northwestern portion of Virginia
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08:09However, the pro-union
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08:23and the members of the same family were
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08:44the start of the Civil
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08:57for their survival and
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09:11states wanted to get slavery
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09:30of enslaving people of different
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undefined:undefinedmany influential and top ranked
09:44leaders had stated that the reason
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09:59to its sparseness that it
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10:17previous comments adding that they had fought
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10:35black people are not fit
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10:45for the rights of the
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10:58Union, and is not either to
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11:16What I do about slavery
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11:28I shall do less whenever I shall believe
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11:52In the border region, there were
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12:08in nature along with feuds
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12:22In this event of 1863,
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undefined:undefinedKansas who were pro-Union to
12:36raid Missouri but this raid
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12:58political, geographically and economically
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13:12Border States did not
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13:26But, they did undergo a change
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13:38Lincoln said
13:39"I think slavery is wrong,
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13:59beginning the supreme commander of
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14:32This victory was, however,
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14:47When McClellan asked for
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15:02On the other hand, Robert E. Lee and
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15:18"A Union that can only be maintained
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15:40Just the next day in the battle again the
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15:55This place, however, became
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16:09This was highly unexpected and
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16:26This day is considered to be the day when
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undefined:undefined52,000 troops lost as many as 13,724 soldiers.
16:48This victory at the Antietam Creek proved to
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17:04but since he failed to do
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17:21During this battle, the union
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17:40in Antietam Creek then he decided
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17:57Lincoln, as he said, took
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18:07Around 186,000 African-America soldiers
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18:29This was justified again as a
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18:46but that, by our frame of
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18:59and that all others -individuals,
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19:15That such necessity does not
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19:33Union army were being so
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undefined:undefineda very bloody battle
19:48as both sides suffered
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20:0413,000 men who made almost 22%
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20:21attacked on the 1st of
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20:38failed to do so and the confederates
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20:56This was followed by the victory of the
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21:12a victory in Chattanooga
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21:31and he himself left for Washington to
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21:45the battle of Wilderness
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21:59siege on Petersburg for
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22:15Go back to your command, and try
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22:34This “March to the Sea” became famous
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22:53By the mid of April Sherman was
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23:10If I killed them all
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23:25Lee made a last attempt to
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23:39After this, Lee’s forces
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23:53When the confederates
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24:09of all men fell when President of
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24:46He was the torch bearer of the
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25:00"So plain that no one,
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undefined:undefinedAbraham Lincoln was keeping the
25:29sovereignty of the center
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26:02Suspension of Habeas Corpus
26:05The habeas corpus is the law
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26:20It then becomes dependent on the court
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26:43that came to be known
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26:57So, for this, they sent out two
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27:14nations could engage in a war or
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27:31and as an insult to the
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27:45Lincoln decided to let go
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27:59could not garner any recognition
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28:28He only let Ulysses S. Grant
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28:56The capital of the confederates
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29:25Lincoln decided to declare the
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29:40This led the enslaved
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29:53Lincoln said in his fourth message
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