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Its 1861, and I a random onlooker has just witnessed the first attack in 

this war to be. Abraham Lincoln was just inaugurated as president. I am 

at Fort Sumter and the newly formed Confederate States just attacked 

and won over the Union. The Confederate States just executed a very 

well planned attack. This was the first battle but I can already see 

strategies forming. 

The South is lucky to have such a great General. But the Union is also 

lucky in a way for they have a new General with all new tactics.

The Civil War was full of great strategies coming from The 

Confederate States and the Union. The Confederate States used 

basic strategies to try to win the war. 

While the Union used a strategy called the "Anaconda Plan". The 

Anaconda Plan had three basic steps, Step 1 was to cut off all 

routes from the sea. This would make trade very difficult for the 

South. Step 2 was to split the South into 2 parts using the 

Mississippi River as a divide between the two different parts. The 

third step was to capture Richmond, Va and dismantle the 

Confederate government. The first and second step were both 

successful but the the Union was never able to capture Richmond. 

It's 1865, and the war is now over. The death count is over 

620,000 lives lost, and millions more injured. Not only was the 

cost of live very high, but the cost of the whole war was in the 

millions. 

All though the war was very bad in costs of life. It did improve 

the economy of both sides of the war. Not only did people get 

paid to be employed. But there was many other jobs also 

created. 

The jobs that were created in the civil war including jobs likes 

making guns, making ammo, building ships, building cannons, 

and many many more jobs that follow in that line.  

The Civil War was full of a bunch of influences. The 

soldiers all needed something to fight for. And the 

slaves needed hope.

When the slaves in the Confederate States heard 

about the war going on to try to free them it made 

them feel like they had something to fight for. 

The Constitution had a big role in the Civil War. The 

Constitution states that all men be created equal. This 

made the slaves even more angry then they already were.  

It's November 19, 1863. And I'm here in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. 

Abraham just gave his new speech. And I already know this is gonna 

cause a lot of conflict.

The Gettysburg Address was a way for President Lincoln to 

show that this is the end of the war. After 5 years of battle 

Lincoln was done loosing troops and wanted the war to end.

The Gettysburg Address took place on November 19, 1863 in 

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It was used to rally the war effort. 

The Gettysburg Address drew a lot from the Declaration of 

Independence.  

The Emancipation Proclamation was supposed to 

be a big turning point in the war. But if anything it 

just angered the South even more.

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