Mistah White - Civil War Poem lyrics

When the war began, each side thought its cause was the right plan. Southerners believed that they had the right to leave and join their own community They wanted independence to keep their way of life They had strife on the rules and wanted their own black man as a tool The Northerners wanted to fight to make the Union right. But at the outset of the war, abolishing slavery was not the goal of the North The Union had more food to grow through than the South Too much to feed, too much to go through the mouth, which made surplus. In addition, the Union had the Souths factories Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined the confederacy Maryland was then attacked by the North, in response president Lincoln declared martial law Many people who sided with the South were arrested, I'm surprised they weren't beheaded behind for their crimes Both sides in the conflict had strengths and weaknesses The South had the the strong advantage of fighting a defense to show the true package “We seek no conquest, all we ask is to be left alone in the cold.” said Jefferson Davis If the North did not move the force to the south, the confederacy would remain a separate country White southerners believed that they were fighting a war for independence To finally win the war and show their ascendance Defending their way of life, gave them the strong person to fight Confederate forces used the wood for cover it was definitely a good discover to let themselves recover The south had economical problems could've stopped them They had few factories to produce weapons that lessened The South had a small population. Only 9 million in the nation The North had more people than the South, making it a large source of volunteers to fight and join like the musketeers Making more people to grow food that you use for supplies The industry is the Norths greatest resource Before the war the Industry produced more than 90 percent of the goods Once the war began, these factories started making guns bullets and everything they can Jefferson Davis served in the Mexican war Furthermore, he was widely respected for his honesty At first, some northerners had doubts about Abraham Lincoln He did not have much experience for the nation However, he proved to patient, a strong leader and a good planner for the nation Day by day, Lincoln had the the respect he gained The Union planned to use its navy to blockade southern ports This would cut off the supply of manufactured goods July 21, 1861, was the Battle of Bull Run Union troops set out from Washington, for Richmond Union forces succeeded in depleting Confederates battle lines But it wasn't over. General Jackson covered the hill with troops from Virginia, reinforcements they called There he was, Jackson standing like a stonewall In the end, it was the Union troops who panicked and ran In September 1862, General Lee took the offensive and marched his troops He believed that a southern victory, would be a great blow to northern moral Later on, McClellan attacked the force of Lee in Antietam, on September 17 In a day long battle that followed, more than 23,000 soldiers were slaughtered Lee's forces dug into the crest of the hill With confederate guns, union troops were mowed down and k**ed The Battle of Fredericksburg was one of the Union's worst defeats In may 1863, Lee again outmaneuvered Union forces The Battle of Chancellorsville took place in Chancellorsville Virginia Lee and Jackson defeated the Union troops in three days. Victory came, however During the battle, nervous sentries, fired at what thought was an approaching Union soldier It was Jackson, several days later he died in result of his injuries In the mid 1862, President Abraham Lincoln made the Emancipate Proclamation true In the four slave states, however, slaves would not be freed Nor would slaves be freed in Confederate lands captured by the Union, such as New Orleans As the the war began on, public support dwindled When the war began on, the North offered money to mingle Some men abused the system. They would sign up, collect the money, and set a twisted thought of distance They set a hard condition, where there was shortage of volunteers for the Union missions Then was set a draft in 1863 It required all males able bodied, starting at the age of 20, to serve in the military We came a long way, the Civil War ends, the toll of the Civil War was immense Over 300,000 soldiers from the Civil War lost their lives No war has ever resulted in more Americans to die The balance of power has changed The Democratic party lost influence and the Republicans are commanding No longer will the Americans speak of the nation as a Confederation A long and difficult struggle equality lays ahead Yet, Lincoln's words at Gettysburg were prophetic, stating the “Gettysburg Address” From out of a cruel, bitter, often heart rending war, the United States did indeed emerge a stronger core