Code:
PA716 - AMERICAN CIVIL WAR CHESS SET
- CONFEDERATES SIDE
American Civil War 1861 - 1865 The Civil
War was the culmination of four decades of intense
sectional conflict and reflected deep seated differences
between the North and the South. Underscoring sectional
differences, the labor force in the South included
nearly four million enslaved blacks. Although the
slaveholding planter class formed a small minority
of the population, it dominated Southern politics
and society. Slaves were the largest single investment
in the South, and the fear of slave unrest ensured
the loyalty of non-slaveholders. The Missouri Compromise
of 1820 temporarily settled the issue by establishing
a line separating free and slaves territory. Conflict
resumed, when the United States boundaries were extended
westward to the Pacific. In 1850 California was admitted
as a free state and Utah and New Mexico were added
as two new territories. When the war ended 620,000
had been killed, and many more wounded. The war settled
the question of the permanence of the Union. The war
expanded the authority of the federal government.
The U.S. Congress enacted much of the legislation
to which the South had objected.
The opposition chess side is the Union
side .
There are three molds,
one for the king and queen, one for the bishop and
knight and one for the castle (rook) and the pawns.
The image is to show how they can look when cast and
painted. The chess board is not included. |
