Civil War Veteran
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Civil War Minidocumentary Proposal
The theme for my minidocumentary series will be the Civil War. More specifically, the feature will cover the aspects of what it was like to be a southern General fighting the war on his home turf. General Robert E. Lee was perhaps one of the most influential, brave and loyal Generals ever to fight in the Civil War. The South was going through turmoil during the time leading up to the war as well as into the rest of the war once it began. The North had the distinct advantage as far as material goods, war supplies, factories and food went. The South had very little if any of these things and this factor made it possible for the North to decisively win battles from the start to finish. Although the South's great leadership which rested with Robert E. Lee as well as other Southern Generals was enough to pull the South to victory in certain key battles, the war was inevitably won by the North who had superior numbers of troops, superior leadership and many more war supplies. Once the war got underway in the early 1860s, the North began to pull toward victory slowly as the South desperately tried to keep their forces intact and strong...