At the start of the Civil War, the Union soldiers were fighting to preserve the Union. President Lincoln knew that the secession of the southern states threatened the existence of the United States. His main goal was to preserve the Union. As the war continued, the main purposes of the Union and its soldiers increased. President Lincoln knew that if he said the Union was fighting to end in slavery in 1861, more states would...
At the start of the Civil War, the Union soldiers were fighting to preserve the Union. President Lincoln knew that the secession of the southern states threatened the existence of the United States. His main goal was to preserve the Union. As the war continued, the main purposes of the Union and its soldiers increased. President Lincoln knew that if he said the Union was fighting to end in slavery in 1861, more states would have left the Union. By 1863, more northerners were against slavery, and several European countries had already ended slavery. As a result, the focus of the Union and the Union soldiers also included ending slavery in the last few years of the Civil War. President Lincoln knew by 1863 that winning the war would be difficult. As a result, an additional goal was needed. That goal was to end slavery.
The Confederate soldiers were fighting to preserve slavery. They were also fighting to promote the rights of the states over the power of the federal government, with the hopes of forming their own country. These goals remained the same throughout the war. The southerners did not want slavery to end, and they also wanted the states to have more power. They believed the only way to accomplish this after the election of 1860 was to create their own country.
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