states “No person held to service or labor in one State, escaping into another, shall be discharged from such service or labor, but shall be delivered up.” Rather than returning these slaves, the North was, in some cases, helping them to escape. The Confederate states had no obligation to remain part of a country in which many of its states were going against the Constitution. Therefore, the Civil War from the very start was unjust because it was unnecessary from the start. Had the North followed through
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Union and Confederates made some strategies as well during the Civil War. They used black soldiers, guerilla attacks, and started targeting civilians. Firstly, the Union or the North started using black soldier regiments such as shown in Glory when they used the 54th Massachusetts Regiment. They used black soldiers for labor and not for battle. The Confederates or the South said the Civil War was a white man’s battle. The Union started to use the black soldiers for battle and the Confederates also used
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The Confederate battle flag has a lot of issues surrounding it today. Some people think that it is a sign of racism, while others believe it to be a sign of their heritage. I believe that the confederate flag should not still fly today because it is used as a symbol of hate and racism as well as a symbol of white supremacy. Some people don’t have the general knowledge of the topic, so I will be covering that, as well as a case in texas regarding license plates with the flag on them, and its relation
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The movie Lincoln, directed by the worldly renowned director, Steven Spielberg, unravels the history that leads to the ratification of the 13th amendment of the Constitution of the United States. The secession of the South presented a perfect opportunity for an amendment of this stature to be passed, given the fact the abolition of slavery would potentially end the civil war being fought for slaves. Lincoln must struggles within his own power, as he could not pass an amendment with executive power;
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FINDING GRANDFATHER AT THE BATTLE OF VICKSBURG Have you ever tracked your family through a family tree or maybe you are tracking that illusive ancestor right now. My family certainly has had some adventures as we tracked our ancestors all across the United States and across the ocean. We have listened to stories of past events and diligently written it all down. Some of the stories proved true and some proved false, but all are interesting as all are like a mystery that needs to be solved. One
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participated during the Civil War, and the best part is that the participation of the women from the northern and southern side. Northern women played a significant role on the Union side of civil war while Southern War played a significant role on the Confederate side of the Civil War. Although there is not much difference as how actively women from north and south put themselves on the war from as it was almost equal but the major difference was the percentage of participation on the northern front was
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The Navy Of The Civil War The Civil War consisted of many legendary battles over the soil of the United and Confederate States of America, which will be retold for generations in history books. Although these land battles were indeed great, the idea of this paper will be the Naval warfare of the Civil War, paying certain attention to the battle between the Monitor and the Merrimac. Neither the North nor the South was prepared for Naval activities at the beginning of the war. To better
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Gage, a First Lieutenant who was sent away to the front fighting for the Confederates, and his mother Mrs Gage who deteriorated in her bedchamber day after day. One day a boy from the Union arrives and declares them freemen. This is probably in 1861, since Abraham Lincoln banned all slavery that year, when he was elected for president. The geographical setting is therefore in the South, in one of the 7 states of the Confederates. Mikey was the first slave of the Gage family. He grew up with Sterling
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Osuala 1 Osuala Chibuike Eric Professor Michael Wilson History 120 May 2 2016 Important Personages of the American Civil War. Abstract A defining time in American history was the Civil war of 1861-1865. It is said that while the Revolution founded the United states,the American Civil war shaped the United states into the kind of country it would come to be. The war would come to decide whether
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Western Campaign and largely predetermined the progress of the further actions. When discussing this battle, several important features have to be named: • Soldiers on both sides were rather inexperienced • Commanders of Federate and Confederate armies made a number of serious mistakes • The entire battle was very poorly controlled on both sides and virtually turned into a massacre • Commanders of the separate brigades had real influence over the battle, and not the commanders
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