What were the 3 main causes for the Civil War?

Causes of the Civil WarEconomic and social differences between the North and the South.States versus federal rights.The fight between Slave and Non-Slave State Proponents.Growth of the Abolition Movement.The election of Abraham Lincoln. To access class papers from this unit, click here.

Why did Confederacy lose the Civil War?

Explanations for Confederate defeat in the Civil War can be broken into two categories: some historians argue that the Confederacy collapsed largely because of social divisions within Southern society, while others emphasize the Union’s military defeat of Confederate armies.

What was the leading cause of death in the Civil War?

Diarrhea and dysentery became the leading causes of death with casualty figures showing that roughly twice as many soldiers died from disease as from the most frequent type of battle injury – the gunshot wound (shown in Latin terminology on military medical records as Vulnus Sclopet).