civwar

During this time of political chaos, a time where the southern states would try and cheat the northern out of a fair boat, one man decided to take it upon himself to end slavery. John Brown wanted to set up his own nation if freed slaves in Appalachia. He wanted to get free the slaves from the south, and felt the only way to accomplish this goal was by violence. He took matters into his own hands and raided Harpers Ferry, with the support of the Secret Six ( Gerrit Smith, Theodore Parker, Thomas Parker, Sam Howe, George Stearns, and Franklin Sanborn), and to the dismay of Fredrick Douglas whose opinion on this murderous act was just that, lawless. All in all John Brown was hung December 2, 1859 and John Brown the murderer became known John Brown the Mauder in many Northern States.*

There where a few major factions in the south at this time; the cooperationist, these southerners felt that they wanted nothing to do with these Yankees; Conditional Unionists, these guys wanted to see if Lincoln would keep his promises; and the ultimatumists, these guys wanted to send Lincoln an ultimatum calling for the enforcement of slavery, the repeal of personal slave laws, and for slavery to be allowed over 36 30.*

There were different reasons for each side fighting the war. The north said they are fighting for flag and country, to maintain the union. The South said they must, because the Yankees are trying to affect their way of life, calling them tyrants. They fought for the right of self govt. Even though Lincoln stated that he had no intent of abolishing slavery in the south, and this was backed by John J. Crittenden, the south still said they would not let them live their life.*

Within 2 months of Lincoln being elected the South succeeded. The first state to come out and do it was South Carolina; the vote was a unanimous 169-0. The next 4 states to go were Mississippi, Florida, Alabama and then Georgia.*

The supplies for war were very out dated, and each side had its advantages. The North had more population, and more ways to produce weapons due to the abundance of factories. One problem though is they lacked Military leadership as that most of the ranking officers had little experience and the few that did were either too old or in the south. They were forced to go to new and young leadership to win this war.*

The upper south found it self with a huge dilemma. The states were split between joining the north and joining the south. The big prize for the south would be to gain Maryland. The state that borders the capital would allow the south easy access to Washington and would make victory a more obtainable goal for the Confederacy. Luckily the governor was a unionist, and when the votes toward succeeding or not came it they decided to remain part of the union, and those who wanted to fight with the confederacy must fight

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