The Southern Experience
The Southern cause was one based on standing up for one's ideologies and not letting an oppressive government take away one's rights as the British did to the colonists. On December 20, 1860 South Carolina seceded from the Union and the Confederate States of America eventually came together in rebellion. Led by brilliant leaders including President Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. Lee the outnumbered south had much success against the north's generals such as Ambrose Burnside. The South did everything to keep its headquarters, Richmond, safe, but the north was too persistent and advantaged. The south suffered many of the same injuries as the North, but could not sustain its army like the north. Brought to the brink, Lee surrendered at the McLean house, giving the North victory. The southern cause, however, was not lost in the hearts of a group of southerners that eventually assassinated the North's beacon, President Abraham Lincoln.
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Date: May 13, 1863 Description: Confederate soldiers lie dead after union soldiers penetrated the their lines at Fredericksburg. |
Photographer: Matthew Brady
Date: April, 1865 Description: General Robert E. Lee standing as the South's prominent General. |