Bloodbath Research Paper

Bloodbath
Back in the day when the Civil War was just beginning, there were a lot of problems with our nation; slavery and war where a huge part of the problem. People were getting mistreated because of their race and Lincoln tried to change that with becoming president. People stood up to what they believed in and fought for what was right. With this all happening, anything could change the way we live our lives into today’s world.
Antietam was one of the bloodiest battles that ever happened in the Civil War, in a single day. In our history this battle had changed the war so much, it impacted on how people will think of the war. This battle showed how strong the south was against the north in numbers, but did not overtake in skill. Even though this battle was won by the north, it does tell how strong the south was because they took this loss like nothing. Before the battle even happened a day or two before, the numbers of the confederates
was a small number. But that changed when about 50,000 more men were invited to join the Confederate side. If this attack was to happen earlier, this battle would have been a great Union victory over the south.
Next, the political view of the Civil War.
Abe Lincoln was elected to become the president of the United States, also to become a commander of the Union. Lincoln’s whole idea during his term was to help the slaves out as much as he could. Well the south didn’t like how he wanted it so, the south started to secede from the country .He declared war against the south in order to stop slavery. When he first started out his first battle was the biggest of the war. After this battle there were many to follow. During the war, Lincoln wrote the Emancipation Proclamation that stated if the north captured the slaves from the south, they could have been let free to do what they please in the north. His importance to this was that he had the army to take control of major forts and win the war. After the war was over he was re elected again to be president for a second term. This was an important term because people from the south didn’t like how he ran things in the capitol. John Wilks Booth was accused to be the killer of Abe
Lincoln.
Next, the movie Glory has shown me and many others how black people were treated in the war. For the 54th regiment, they were volunteers for the northern army. The African-Americans made a huge impact to this war, they said if they were not involved in this war that the north should not have won. When the colored soldiers were getting trained for the war they had a hard time learning but they sure did have a huge change over the time they were trained. From knowing nothing about war to being one of the best was just a huge impact to show white people what they can really do. One of the biggest struggles for the colored soldiers was shoes; they didn’t have good quality shoes. The high ranking officers denied them because they knew that they were not going to see any fighting in this war, so they reserved them for the whites that were going to fight. So for the colored soldiers it was a hard life in the war but they made the best of it that now has impacted the country still today.
With the battles, the 54th regiment changing the views of colored solders, and Lincoln’s election, it has changed the lives of many Americans that have been influenced. We don’t think bad of the African-Americans like we did back then and that’s how we have been progressing as a nation. As well as Lincoln becoming president, he also helped the cause of freeing the slaves. So all in all, everything makes a difference if you stick to what you believe.