The United States has been a part of some of the most devastating wars in its long history. World War I and World War II were extremely difficult conflicts in which the country's resources were heavily taxed. But none of these conflicts can compare with the civil war, not only the barbarism and destruction of human life, but also the damage to the social fabric caused by this terrible conflict.
The United States is proud that it has never fought a war on its soil. With the exception of Pearl Harbor and 911, we have never been attacked on our own soil. Therefore, in order to make possible the possibility of war within the borders of the United States, it was necessary to wage war against brother, brother against America.
The statistics of the war are astonishing for the relatively short controversy. The war began on April 12, 1861. It was the Confederacy that shed the first blood at Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Civil war battles and legends. To this day, we have come to pay tribute to the victims of both sides of this bloody conflict by preserving many of these historic sites.
Throughout the war, the North benefited in preparation, equipment and supplies. But General Lee, who commanded the Confederate Army, was a brilliant strategist, and battles often resulted in heavy casualties on both sides. When the final figures were released, 970,000 American civilians died in the civil war. Although it cannot be numerically compared to the heavy losses of the two world wars that followed, the figure was 3% of the American population at that time. And since the vast majority of those killed in the war were young Americans, the prospect of their future, the damage that this war did to the growth of the American economy was truly remarkable.
In modern times we see the Civil War as a Titanic war to end the horrors of slavery in this country. And, of course, the civil war is and will always be a central part of the dark history and the starting point of the civil rights movement in the United States. But the causes of the civil war were complex and varied, making it difficult to negotiate and resolve the war before the conflict.
Part of the problem that was being fought was the right of states to self-determination, as balanced with the federal government's right to determine matters in individual states. On the surface, this may seem trivial compared to the abolition of slavery, but in the light of our very distant memory of our revolution against England in an attempt to impose unreasonable control on the colonies. There was an important relationship.
The Americans are a fiercely liberal people, and this fervor was born out of the battles of the Revolutionary War, where the United States firmly stated that it would no longer bow to any king or allow the central government to have so much control over individual lives. Will Anger at how Britain tried to enslave the colonies was the calf that exploded in what became known as the Revolutionary War. And much effort has been made to ensure that language is enshrined in the Constitution and other important documents to ensure that the federal government is strictly prohibited from interfering in the lives of its citizens.
In addition, the protection of the Union as a country was a competition in the civil war. But it was the moral issue of slavery that made the civil war such an emotional issue and an issue that caused people to fight so ruthlessly for their defense. Finally, Abraham Lincoln also called slavery the central rationale for war and decided that the end of this barbaric act would be the legacy of this terrible conflict.
But one of the legacies of the Civil War was the determination that, as Americans, we would never again turn our war machine on our citizens. The war shattered families and literally led brother to brother. Since the reconstruction and the unification of the United States, this war has left a scar on its national psyche and reminds us that we are one people and that we are always dedicated to truth, justice and the American way. People will stay. Of life.
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