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13-1 - Coggle Diagram

- - - - South didn’t give arms to slaves because slaves could make a revolt
      - North use blacks in its armed forces
      - South suffered from delusion
        
        South’s delusion :
        
        North might become divided so they can't put up a strong fight
        
        South was the greatest producer of cotton, therefore any power on earth can’t fight against South cotton production
        
        Great Britain & France would break the North blockade and help South to get the needed cotton
        
        only the South is civilized
        
        South will die of economic strangulation, and substantial advantages of the North bring victory to North
        
        "Short War"
        
        at the beginning, N expected war to be over in short order
        
        N seemed stronger in every way
        
        the attacking army always had advantages over defending one
- - - - totally different from old fashioned war
      - other experts began to think it was not a war at all comparec it as if it wa like playing chess
      - it was not won by critical victory in battle
      - in this war they destroy enemy’s resource until their will to resist was gone
- - - - Maryland was held in the Union ,Maryland decided to join the U.S army
      - Missouri & Kentucky :
      - if Missouri & Kentucky seceded, then Confederate border would be pushed to the Ohio River
      - Lincoln hold these states in the Union
- - - - the Riifle
      - spined the bullet when it pushed out
      - gave it a longer range & accurate aim
      - The Caplock
      - used a new chemical enclosed in a cap to make explosion which sent the bullet
      - it works on wet weather unlike the flintlock
      - Soldiers learned to dig
        
        long-range rifles make the defenders hide behind battlements in well-supplied position
        
        defenders could pick off the attackers before they came close
        
        New Tactic
        
        attackers spread out into small parties of skirmishers
        
        attackers using anything in sight
        
        Fort
        
        soldiers make the earth into a fort by using the spade
        
        In the old days, generals thought hiding in a hole made soldiers cowardly
        
        earth fort giving them protection against enemy rifles
        
        spade was important as the gun