A war of numbers. The North was both more popilated and industrialized, and therefore had control of most of the weapons and ordinance production. The South being less populated and industrialized was thought to be easier to gain control of, and there had been a gold rush not long before the Civil War, which would interest powerful people in North to regain control of a seceded part of the union. Since the North wrote the history books, their version of history was always going to be the more popular and noble sounding version of history, but not everything in a book is to be taken without a grain of salt, any more than any other source. Most wars are money/resource/power struggles once you get below the surface, with headlines about abolition and emancipation from slavery being icing on the cake that gives people a warm, boosted ego, even if the people that started the war had no true interest in or gave a fuck about a single black/ African descendant since it's rare that ones that started the war are the same ones fighting in it (Washington being an exception).
The history books tell people the Civil War was about freeing the slaves to make people feel good inside because it sounds good, but for the average person fighting in it on either side, slavery was the last thing on their mind.
by The Original Agahnim November 13, 2021
David: It was like a civil war in this girls ussy because both or sperms were fighting each other to win.
by SuasageFest May 1, 2023
What America is on the brink of.
America is on the brink of another civil war thanks to Bill Clinton dividing everyone against eachother
so well.
so well.
by <o><o> check his fuckin head August 24, 2004
the war that occurred in the United States during the 1860s under President Abraham Lincoln that caused the highest number of casualties than any American war. It was a war between the North (the Union) and the South (the Confederacy) that centered around slavery—the North wanted it abolished while the South permitted it for economic reasons. The central issue of slavery began to divide the country in the 1840s as members of Congress bickered over the issue and as new states entered the Union. When a new “free” state entered the union, a new slave state was required do the same to create a balance. It even divided certain states themselves-- Missouri and Virginia, by which West Virginia seceeded from it after the war.
The war began shortly after Abe Lincoln became President in 1861 when the Confederacy attacked the Union's Fort Sumter, South Carolina—allegedly by mistake--and didn’t end until 1865 when Confederacy General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Commander Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. The Battle of Anteitem was the deadliest battle of the War. Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis should have all been hung afterwards for being a traitor to the United States, in my opinion.
The war began shortly after Abe Lincoln became President in 1861 when the Confederacy attacked the Union's Fort Sumter, South Carolina—allegedly by mistake--and didn’t end until 1865 when Confederacy General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union Commander Ulysses S. Grant in Appomattox Courthouse in Virginia. The Battle of Anteitem was the deadliest battle of the War. Stonewall Jackson, Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis should have all been hung afterwards for being a traitor to the United States, in my opinion.
by krock1dk@yahoo.com May 26, 2008
Up to that point in history, this was the most deadly war in the history of the world. Britian had almost decided to come in on the side of the south, but decided not to because they didnt want to be beated by the same country 3 times in 100 years.
the civil war was the true defining moment in american history, when the europe like south was defeated by the north, 640,000 men died.
by yankee October 8, 2005
One o'dem fancy "wor battle." Mah Conf-fedda-rit ancestry got tired o'dem lazy, drunken, slobs o'da nawth. General Lee put up some good fightin' for a while, but got bored with how the Nawth were a little dull in tha head. He gave up, and it 'twas a nudder vic'try for 'ar ancestry. T'day we still strong as the CON-FEEDDER-IT STATES O'A-MARE-KA.
by A Little Pinprick September 8, 2006
The act of dippin with two uppers, and two lowers, all in a different corner of the mouth at the same time.
by Bdigitty October 8, 2003