Life changed for everyone during the Civil War. Life changed for those on the battlefield as well as the women and children at home. Women did not fight, but were a vital part of the war. Thousands of women were nurses to the wounded soldiers. Sarah Barton; the founder of the Red Cross was a former Civil War nurse. The war had a lot of deaths and even more injuries, so the women had a huge role in it.
The economies back home changed a great deal as well. The North experienced economic prosperity, but the South was not so lucky. Companies manufacturing wool and steel benefited from the war because of the army’s need for supplies. Although the Northern economy grew it wasn’t all peaches and cream. Prices rose, but wages did not keep up. White workers demanded higher wages, but free blacks, immigrants, and women were more than willing to work for low wages. To pay for the war, congress issued the first income tax.
Life changed more drastically for the soldiers. The death toll was higher than that of any American war to this day. This is partly due to the fact that there were more advances in weaponry than medicine. The camps were unsanitary, and disease was common. The southern camps lacked basic resources such as food. War prisons were even worse. They were not heated and many of the war prisoners got sick and died.
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This is a very compact summary of how a war can affect everyone in the society. I am impressed with how women and minority groups played vital roles during the Civil War. Also, I did not know about the first income tax was first introduced during this time.
ReplyDeleteGood job! I particularly liked the amount of examples and background information you provided for each of your points. However, although this is my opinion, your summary seems to end rather suddenly, and you don't go any further in discussing the relevance of war prisons.
ReplyDeleteI really like your summary. It's good how you didn't skip any information and that it was organized and easy to read. I found it interesting that everyone's life changed not only the soldiers and workers.
ReplyDeleteYou have a good thesis statement. It really surprises and draws in the reader. My suggestion is to write a little bit more and explain your thoughts more. Good job.
ReplyDeletegreat summery. one thing i'd change is the sentence "The war had a lot of deaths and even more injuries". it seemed a little awkward to me. i think something like many people died and even more were injured during the war sounds a little better, but other than that great work
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