The Civil War, Gallagher And Manning s Arguments On...

Despite the differences in the primary reasons for Northerners in the war, Gallagher and Manning’s arguments align on certain aspects of slavery: both argue that in order for the Union to successfully win the war, slavery needed to be abolished. Gallagher argues that many northerners realized that in order to end the war and to rid nation of conflict and threat to the Union, slavery would need to be abolished. He argues, â€Å"Without slavery and the various issues related to its expansion, most white northerners could envision no serious internal threat to their beloved union.† Similarly, Manning also argues that there was a threat to the union because of slavery, whether Northerners liked it or not: â€Å"In 1861, a large and growing number of ordinary soldiers believed that a war endangering the Union had come about because of slavery. White Southerners’ willingness to destroy the Union over slavery made the war about slavery whether an individual Union sold ier wanted it that way or not.† Therefore, Manning’s argument states that there is a need for the end of slavery in order to preserve the Union. Both historians however, differ in that Gallagher argues the abolition of slavery is the not the primary reason for the war as Manning argues, rather it was the preservation of the Union that was the main reason. Gallagher argues however, that slavery was a useful tool in which to end the war and preserve the Union, but it was not the sole reason. He argues, â€Å"Many of the soldiersShow MoreRelatedThe American Civil War : The United States8725 Words   |  35 PagesThe American Civil War, known in the United States as simply the Civil War as well as by other sectional names, was a civil war fought from 1861 to 1865 to determine the survival of the Union or independence for the Confederacy. Of the 34 states that existed in January 1861, seven Southern slave states individually declared their secession from the United State s and went on to form the Confederate States of America. The Confederacy, often simply called the South, grew to include eleven states, although