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Constitution, the Civil War’s lasting effects include abolishing the institution Of slavery in America and firmly redefining the united States as a single, indivisible nation rather than a loosely bound collection Of independent States.
It was a war that saw many “firsts. ” The long list of Civil War firsts include America’s first income tax, the first battle between ironclad ships, the first extensive use of black soldiers and sailors in U. S. Service, the first use of quinine to treat typhoid fever, America’s first military draft, and many others. There were advances in medical treatment, military tactics, the chaplain service, and other fields. Over the course of the Civil War weapons ranged from obsolete flintlocks to state-of-the-art repeaters.
During the Civil War, women took on new roles, including running farms and plantations and spying some disguised themselves as men and fought in battle. All of the nation’s ethnic groups participated in the AR, including Irish, Germans, American Indians, Jews, Chinese, Hispanics, etc. Northerners have also called the Civil War the War to preserve the Union, the War of the Rebellion (War of the Southern Rebellion), and the War to Make Men Pore. Southerners may refer to it as the War Between the States or the War of Northern Aggression.
In the decades following the conflict, those who did not wish to upset adherents of either side simply called it The Late Unpleasantness. It is also known as Mr.. Lincoln War and, less commonly, as Mr.. Davis’ War Most naval actions occurred on rivers and inlets or in harbors, and include story’s first clash between two ironclads, the ISIS Monitor and CSS Virginia (a captured and converted ship formerly called the Merrimac), at Hampton Roads, Virginia, on March 9, 1862.