While weapons are the tools of war, they are not the only cause of death. Disease killed more men in the Civil War than were killed in battle by a ratio of 5:3. Those healthy enough to fight were not always guaranteed a functioning weapon; shortages, obsolescence, and a complete absence...
The Civil War was one of the earliest industrial wars. Weapons were mass produced and numerous industrial age inventions such as the telegraph were employed. The Unions industrial might was a key factor in its victory. The war ended on the 9th of April 1865 when Confederate General Lee surrend...
The American Civil War, widely known in the United States as simply the Civil War, was a war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or the independence of the Confederacy.
“Liberated Zone” consisted of nineteen base areas, which included one-quarter of mainland China’s territory (which had many important cities and towns) and nearly one-third of its population. In addition, the Soviet Union gave the CPC many captured Japanese weapons along with a large ...
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125 Civil War Stories and Facts * Preview And Have A Look Inside * My book 125 Civil War Stories and Facts features factual stories about the war’s military commanders, political leaders, battles, places, weapons and people. You don’t have to read 125 Civil War Stories and Facts from ...
Battle of Chattanooga, (November 23–25, 1863), in the American Civil War, a decisive engagement fought at Chattanooga on the Tennessee River in late November 1863, which contributed significantly to victory for the North. Chattanooga had strategic impor
The stricken land lay in ruins: no railways, no weapons, and above all not enough bread–for the wheat belts of the Ukraine and Siberia had been cut off by the enemy. The only available wheat came from the Volga and Northern Caucasus, but had to be shipped on this river by way of ...
American Civil War - Cost, Significance, Impact: 21st-century data has revised the total death toll upward to 752,000. Roughly two percent of the 1860 population of the U.S. died in the war.
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