1. The Civil War was the deadliest war in American history, as more than 600,000 people died as a result.
2. The Revolutionary War was much more savage than it is often portrayed to have been. For instance, at times, half of the Continental Army was naked and two-thirds was malnourished or lacking food.
3. The founding fathers used history to manipulate how the past was remembered. They did this by purposely focusing on the political revolution and not on the devastating war.
4. Both wars had an extensive impact on civilians. In the Revolutionary War, civilians were subjected to disease, the pillaging and raiding of towns, and numerous massacres. In the Civil War, civilians were largely persecuted, especially loyalists, who were exiled tenfold more than their confederate counterparts.
5. Many historians consider the Civil War to be the first modern war because it was the first war after the industrial revolution, meaning more technology was invented and used for weaponry throughout the war.
The Civil War and American Revolutionary War reminded me of the Spanish-American War because all three wars pertain to the gaining geographic independence from a greater power.
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