American Civil War (1861–1865): This war was fought between the Northern and Southern states over slavery. Please give details in 200 words
Wilfred Owen is indeed one of the best-known war poets of the first world war. [He was born in 1893 in England, volunteered for the British army in 1915 in what he believed was an act of patriotism only to realize that he was wrong via a bitter experience of the trenches. The bloodiest and traumaticRead more
Wilfred Owen is indeed one of the best-known war poets of the first world war.
[He was born in 1893 in England, volunteered for the British army in 1915 in what he believed was an act of patriotism only to realize that he was wrong via a bitter experience of the trenches. The bloodiest and traumatic actions for him occurred on the Western Front especially focusing the Somme.
Suffering from the trauma of such impressions, Owen was a severe shell-shock victim admitted to a military hospital in 1917 and met there Siegfried Sassoon. Sassoon did the same to Owen who provoked him to bring out the truth behind the actual wars. The author of the works nearly highlighted in this paper, including the widely celebrated poem *Dulce et Decorum Est*, critiques war and its glorification, especially death for country.
Owen’s line “Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori’ from Horace ‘It is sweet and honourable to die for your country’ However, he referred to this as “the old lie which is all in favour of the patriotic propaganda, which misguides innocent young soldiers to enlist.” This testimony bears out his exposure to death, pain and the irrelevance of warfare as given thorough consideration his belief on the use of lethal force on people during war.
Unfortunately Owen himself died in combat on November 4, 1918, one week before the signing of the Armistice. His poetry is still among the most striking examples of how much human cost a war can claim.
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The civil war by American from the year 1861 to 1865 between the Northern also called as Union and the Southern, called as Confederates primarily concerning slave, economics and sovereignty. There had been rising conflict for several decades because of different opinions on the issue of the spread oRead more
The civil war by American from the year 1861 to 1865 between the Northern also called as Union and the Southern, called as Confederates primarily concerning slave, economics and sovereignty. There had been rising conflict for several decades because of different opinions on the issue of the spread of slavery into new regions and its impact to the economy of the United States of America.
Civil War broke out on the 12th of April in 1861 through a successful attack on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. The North side was instituted by President Abraham Lincoln and its aim was to preserve the Union while in the long run eradicates slavery. The South was led by President Jefferson Davis and crossed their aim so as to enslave their nation so as to maintain their agricultural-based economy and slave culture.
Some of the major wars fought included the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 where the tide was turned for the Union and of Sherman’s march to the sea in 1864 that destroyed much of Southern infrastructure. It came to the halt on April 9, 1865, Civil War’s officially recognized peace started when Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Union General Ulysses S. Grant at Appomattox Court House.
They determined that the Civil War was 620,000 deaths and immense devastation in the South; but it abolished slavery through the 13th Amendment and produced Reconstruction to dramatically alter the social fabric of America and the political culture of the country.
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