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The War between the
States
1861-1865 What motivation could
cause such ghastly actions?
What would impel one to fight?
First Bull Run, July 1861
When the gruesome Prisoners of War returned, what would cause you to continue fighting?
Gaines’ Mill, July 1862
Antietam- September 17, 1862
Antietam- September 17, 1862
Antietam- September 17, 1862
Antietam- September 17, 1862
Fredericksburg, December 1862
Your friends and family returned mangled, without extremities, or they do not return. Why would
one fight?
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Gettysburg, July 1863
Petersburg, April 1865
Petersburg, April 1865
Petersburg, April 1865
Cold Harbor, Virginia, 1865
618,222 dead More than 12% of the soldiers enrolled
were shot 24,866 Union soldiers died in enemy
prisonsThere must be some good reason for all of this destruction of human life…