Ayers and Edward
The first benefit of the union is that it made them stronger than before. Union brought about togetherness and combination of forces, war machines and equipment into one strong army. The combination of all these factors led to conquer of their enemies or opponents. The combination of tactics made it easier to defeat their opponent forces. Also, there was an increase in the number of military personnel as a result of the union. It was apparent that the high number of military personnel could easily outdo their enemies during war.
On the other hand, the formation of the union led to the establishment of a significant capital base for the military. The capital was made up of finance, equipment and other assets used during the warfare. From the previous periods, their enemies used to defeat them because of lack of some useful resources, military personnel, and skills. But after formation of the union, things came to change, and their military started withstanding the rapid army forces of their opponents.
Ayers and Edward say that there were some issues that disadvantaged the confederacy wars. First, Europe did not recognize or consider the Confederacy as valid. This made it difficult for forces to get foreign aid which mostly came from Europe. Secondly, the gun to man ratio was not balancing. The Confederacy had many guns than military personnel. It is known that the ration of the firearm to man was at 32:1. Here in meant that there were thirty-two guns for every single war man. Lastly, the confederate relied mostly on foreign trade for war basics. The union took advantage of this weakness and damaged the confederacy businesses.
Other issues that greatly disadvantaged the confederacy are that; the Confederacy was majorly intended to defeat their enemies and acquire some other new territories. This did not work as anticipated as a result of antagonistic forces among the Confederate states. The states in the confederate union had differing aims concerning the confederacy union. According to Ayers and Edward, some leaders wanted to use the confederacy union for political gains; others wanted to use it for economic gain while others wanted to use the Confederacy to acquire new territories. These key issues made the execution of the Confederacy’s goals difficult. Since it became difficult to execute the roles of the Confederacy, the union states ended up protecting what was theirs.
Two main occurrences define the turning points of the American civil war. The first and most commonly known is the battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. The Union army had been mandated to fight Joe. Most citizens believed that these were the changes that were required by Lincoln to finish the war. President Lincoln had gotten some information of the organized invasion, and so he sent his United States army to cut off the planned invasion. After the defeat by the Potomac Army, Gen. Lee’s forces were forced to retreat whereby they never recovered.
Other researchers for instance Brown, William and Richard express that the second turning point was the Chancellorsville battle. This was after the newly appointed Commander Gen. Hooker reorganized his forces to attack his opponent Gen. Lee. According to the American history, this battle is so far considered the Lee’s greatest victory regarding tactics. Despite suffering more than eighteen thousand casualties, the death of Stonewall Jackson is regarded as the turning point of the Chancellorsville war. Jackson was short on the arm by one of his men and later died of pneumonia.