For four years, American blood spilled upon the soil of the so-called "United States". The cause of this bloodshed is known as the American Civil War, which lasted from 1861 to 1865. It put family against family, and neighbor against neighbor until the newly formed country split into the North and the South. The North, also called the Union, fought to keep the country intact. The South, also called the Confederate, fought for their right to own …showed first 75 words of 1191 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1191 total…around 620,000 men laid dead on blood soaked battlefields. Nearly one out of four Union soldier were killed, and around 37,000 black soldiers now rest side by side with the people that fought for and against their freedom. Almost all these deaths were caused by the weapons they each wielded. It is inevitable that science will progress and create paths leading to even stronger, faster, and deadlier weapons. And so each war, the number of casualties rises.