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Preface to War A putrid stench of blood mixed with the sulfuric smell of gunpowder lingered heavy in the air, complemented by a smoky haze of spent powder charges that sent murderous balls of canister bellowing out of the roaring guns just hours before. Brothers lay hunched over each other, beaten, shot and slashed, mumbling in pain, crying aloud for their mothers and their home as they awaited the cold touch of death. Occasionally a wounded horse, gored or with a broken leg would whinny in agony, while wounded men cut down in the fury of battle, half-consciously moaned as they slowly bled to death. Unfortunately, this was all-too-often the bloody aftermath of the many battles of American civil war. What could drive brothers and countrymen to take up arms against each other? What could cause such merciless carnage that tore apart families and a nation? Was the American civil war necessary? The American civil war was a long and bloody war. It split the United States apart at the seams, pitting former compatriots in a savage war to protect their beliefs and cultures. But in spite of the plethora of destruction and atrocities caused by the American civil war, I believe that the American civil war was a necessary