Civil War War Between the States What would have caused this destruction?

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…