Differences Between The Union, The North, And The Confederacy

Political turmoil expanded throughout the United States as the North and South developed separate ideals and beliefs regarding slavery and social equality. As this agitation between geographical regions of the country developed, the two areas divided into the Union, the North, and the Confederacy, the South. The Union, in an attempt to abolish slavery throughout the nation, caused Southern states to succeed from the American government entirely and form the Confederacy:
Because by their declared principles and policy they have outlawed $3,000,000,000 of our property [slaves] in the common territories of the Union; … because their avowed purpose is to subvert our society and subject us not only to the loss of our property but the destruction

of ourselves, our wives, and our children, and the desolation of our homes, our altars, and our firesides. To avoid these evils we resume the powers which our fathers delegated to the Government of the United States, and henceforth will seek new safeguards for our liberty, equality, security, and tranquillity. (Declaration of Causes of Seceding States)
A once ideal derived conflict quickly became political as a major portion of the United States proposed themselves as a separate nation abiding by their own values and laws of reasoning. As a result, both parties willingly engaged in a war to preserve their beliefs and fight for their freedom and way of life. This issue escalated rapidly as both the Union and Confederacy developed highly political strategies in which to approach this Civil War: “ The South could thus fight a defensive war until the North grew tired of the conflict and withdrew, or until a European power, most likely Britain, which depended heavily on Southern cotton, intervened militarily and forced the North to let the states secede” (Keene 301). While the North expected a hasty and effortless victory due to a lack of ability to sustain a war from the Confederacy, the South refined a plan to maintain their political position and defend its valued militarily until the North became weary. This solution took an unexpected turn as both parties retaliated offensively against each other and turned this seemingly simple war into a bloody and depriving fight. Because of the unexpected brutality that irrupted shortly after the war commenced, both sides suffered extreme economic complications.