Question

Identify some of the generals and leaders of the various battles throughout the Civil War. Compare and contrast the leadership traits of the men who led the Confederate forces with those of the men who led the Union forces. Be sure to provide specific examples

Answer 1

, a carpetbagger was a Northerner (Yankee) who moved to the South after the U.S. Civil War, especially during the Reconstruction era (1865-1877), in order to profit from the instability and power vacuum that existed at this time.The term carpetbagger was a pejorative term referring to the carpet bags (a fashionable form of luggage at the time) which many of these newcomers carried. The term came to be associated with opportunism and exploitation by outsiders. The term is still used today to refer to an outsider perceived as using manipulation or fraud to obtain an objective.Together with Republicans, carpetbaggers were said to have politically manipulated and controlled former Confederate states for varying periods for their own financial and power gains.The term carpetbaggers was also used to describe the Republican political appointees who came South, arriving with their travel carpet bags. Southerners