AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE FIRST BATTLE OF BULL RUN
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To cause the Confederacy to have to retreat and cause a panic
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To release built up stress caused by the constant fighting
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To scare the Confederacy away maybe resulting a win
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To use it as a distraction as other Union troops came behind the Confederacy
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Detailed explanation-1: -Confederate soldiers used the yell when charging to intimidate the enemy and boost their own morale, although the yell had many other uses. There are audio clips and film footage of veterans performing the yell many years later at Civil War veterans’ reunions. The origin of the yell is uncertain.
Detailed explanation-2: -The American Civil War was fought between the United States of America and the Confederate States of America, a collection of eleven southern states that left the Union in 1860 and 1861. The conflict began primarily as a result of the long-standing disagreement over the institution of slavery.
Detailed explanation-3: -The rebel yell, the Confederate soldiers’ battle cry, is a sound we all know from westerns, in which it translates as a yee-haw. The Rebel yell was immortalized in the novel “Gone with the Wind” and in songs by Eminem and Billy Idol, who made it sound more like a yaaaaw.
Detailed explanation-4: -Common sentiments for supporting the Confederate cause during the Civil War were slavery and states’ rights. These motivations played a part in the lives of Confederate soldiers and the South’s decision to withdraw from the Union. Many were motivated to fight in order to preserve the institution of slavery.