No single account of the Civil War can adequately tell the entire story; its causes, challenges, and societal impact are - to put it mildly - complicated.
However, firsthand narratives of the war's great battles, daily struggles and accompanying frustrations provide a snapshot - a partial lens from which we can attempt to better understand the entire picture.
In this three part series, we explore the life and writings of Northern Lieutenant Frank Haskell and Confederate Colonel William Oats.
We’ll use their lives to better understand the causes of the civil war, the experience had by common soldiers during it and explore personal accounts at the battle of Gettysburg.
Works Cited:
Gettysburg : The Confederate and Union Views of the Most Decisive Battle of the War - In One Volume
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2116615?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents
https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-what-caused-civil-war/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep02487.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A0ddb2c76d8c983455602f559b926b2e1&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2_SYC-7149%2Ftest&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep02487?searchText=causes+of+the+civil+war&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcauses%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bcivil%2Bwar%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2_SYC-7149%2Ftest&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa133a6037338dba4e02368034c584234
https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010169/black-and-slave-population-us-1790-1880/
https://source.colostate.edu/what-really-started-the-american-civil-war/
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/whig-party
No single account of the Civil War can adequately tell the entire story; its causes, challenges, and societal impact are - to put it mildly - complicated.
However, firsthand narratives of the war's great battles, daily struggles and accompanying frustrations provide a snapshot - a partial lens from which we can attempt to better understand the entire picture.
In this three part series, we explore the life and writings of Northern Lieutenant Frank Haskell and Confederate Colonel William Oats.
We’ll use their lives to better understand the causes of the civil war, the experience had by common soldiers during it and explore personal accounts at the battle of Gettysburg.
Works Cited:
Gettysburg : The Confederate and Union Views of the Most Decisive Battle of the War - In One Volume
https://www.jstor.org/stable/2116615?read-now=1&seq=8#page_scan_tab_contents
https://acwm.org/blog/myths-misunderstandings-what-caused-civil-war/
https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/resrep02487.pdf?refreqid=fastly-default%3A0ddb2c76d8c983455602f559b926b2e1&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2_SYC-7149%2Ftest&origin=&initiator=&acceptTC=1
https://www.jstor.org/stable/resrep02487?searchText=causes+of+the+civil+war&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3Dcauses%2Bof%2Bthe%2Bcivil%2Bwar%26so%3Drel&ab_segments=0%2Fbasic_search_gsv2_SYC-7149%2Ftest&refreqid=fastly-default%3Aa133a6037338dba4e02368034c584234
https://www.history.com/news/slavery-profitable-southern-economy
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1010169/black-and-slave-population-us-1790-1880/
https://source.colostate.edu/what-really-started-the-american-civil-war/
https://www.history.com/topics/19th-century/whig-party