Davis' True Identity

General Davis is well known for getting away from murder.  After serving under General William Nelson which he left because of a disagreement with Nelson.  Davis then went to meet Nelson's superior, they met in a hotel.  There Davis got slapped and and Davis retaliated by shooting the person who slapped him.  He never faced the prosecution for his crime, because his superior  got the charges dismissed.

The Real Killer

The Civil War was the bloodiest, most deadly war Americans have fought in. Over 625,000 men died along the whole timeline.  But All of the soldiers did not die of being shot, on the contrary, most died of disease or infection.  The conditions of the camps, ventilated tents, walking close to one another when one could have the disease.  All of this caused the spread of mumps, chicken poxs, and measles.  About one million of the union soldiers had malaria.  Even thought there was a lot of fighting and shooting and killing going on, the thing that killed most of the soldiers was disease. And when soldiers needed to get a limb amputated infections were deadly because doctors did not have the proper cleaning supplies. Some bullets would be dug out with unclean fingers.

The Bloodiest General

Even though many people think it's Ulysses S. Grant because of his terrible lost in the Overland Campaign in the spring of 1864.  If they count it proportionally Lee's army had more causalities throughout the years.  Lee liked to relish the attacks, which did win him important battles like Chancellorsville and Fredricksburg but this would cost him a lot of lives.  So over all this makes Lee the most bloody general of the Civil War.

Soldier refusing their salary

The Black Union soldiers refused their salary for eighteen months because they were protesting being paid less than the white soldiers.  They were paid ten dollars a month, where white soldiers were being paid 13 or more depending on their rank.  The highest paid Black soldier was paid the what the lowest white soldier was getting  paid.  With a mix of help from abolitionist congressmen and the refusal of the wages on September of 1864, black soldiers finally received equal pay.  With this change, most of the Black soldiers had money to send back to their families.

The angel of the battlefield

Clara Barton was a famous nurse during the Civil War.  She helped the Union troops and many called her the angel of the battlefield.  She later founded the American Red Cross.

Thaddeus Stevens

Thaddeus Stevens suffered from alopecia. So he had no had gone bald fairly early in his life and wore a wig. When one day a young lady asked for a lock of his hair, he gave her his whole wig.

http://www.thaddeusstevenssociety.com/Jokes5.html

Weapons of War

new bullet: begins with multen led "mini bull" invented in france 3000 /hour rip through skin 1/2 sec north 1/2 mil a cruet rage over 600yds. Reloaded 8 times faster.
Flattens on impact, ruptures bone and continues to enter into body.

Railroad is now a weapon of war, carrying 800 tons of supplies a day, and troops. In north. Production of cloths double, number of patents doubles. Industry put into war effort.

Telegraph: Morris code, first tool of mass communication. Lincoln makes telegraph facilities as military. Issues direct orders, annoyance of officers. 1000 telegrams sent by him. South does not have this.









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