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    In 1865‚ the Confederacy finally allowed slaves to enlist but not many slaves actually did. African Americans served in the Confederate Army‚ both slave labor force and some in exchange for freedom. Other slaves also tended to their master’s needs while in camp instead

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    After a few days‚ 92‚000 people had already signed up. This also made people from the South decide to join the Confederacy army. The North obeyed the President‚ but the South felt like if had the right to secede. One of the Battle of Fort Sumter’s most immediate consequences was the secession of Arkansas‚ North Carolina‚ Tennessee and Virginia from the Union to take part of the Confederacy. The states in which slavery was legal (Delaware‚ Kentucky‚ Maryland‚ and Missouri) stayed loyal to the Union

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    COLLAPSE Lincoln decided to issue the Proclamation at this particular time because he wanted to stop the European powers from officially acknowledging the Confederacy. He issues it at this time so it wouldnt look like an desperate act‚ it was a good time‚ after victoryHe claimed to to steer away from slavery. I believe this was a great step to some what abolish slavery‚ but again slaves always got the short end of the stick‚ basically it was a setup and then they are always allowed to do something

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    Mohawk Indians The Word Mohawk comes from the cognate with the Narragansett Mohowauúck‚ they eat animated things‚ hence “man-eaters”. (accessgenealogy) The Mohawk clan was member of the Iroquois Confederacy‚ which was a group of five (later six) tribes that were united with the purpose of doing strategies against the invasion of the French and the British during the fight for the upper states of the country. The form of hierarchy was what they called the longhouse of representatives and was the

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    side was the Confederacy; this was the people who wanted to form a Confederate Government. The confederacy was the eleven states that ceded from the Union to oppose the decision to abolish slavery. The battle was also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing‚ one of the major battles in the Western Theater. Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell are the Commanders and Leaders of the Union. Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard are some of the Commanders and Leaders of the Confederacy. The Union

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    Definitions 1. Jefferson Davis – president of the Confederacy 2. Palmito Ranch – last battle of Civil War; minor Confederate victory 3. Juneteenth – June 19‚ 1865: Texan slaves first hear about the Emancipation Proclamation and are freed; important holiday for future blacks in Texas 4. Richard Dowling and the Davis Guards – Fought and won in the Battle of Sabine Pass which stopped a Union invasion of TX; considered heroes after (Richard Dowling was commander) 5. Martial law – law imposed by

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    phenomenon; The Inner Lost Cause and the National Lost Cause as they both respectively originated to capture the opinions of a defeated Confederacy and to interpret the situation of the south within the nation. Essentially‚ this particular text clearly stresses an appreciation and understanding of the influence that these Lost Cause opinions had on the former defeated Confederacy and modern day southern society. Connelly and Bellows explain that southerners of the Inner Lost Cause such as Jefferson Davis

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    the Civil War by helping the Union With the Union’s victory against the confederacy blacks become one step closer to equality. The acceptance of runaway slaves into the union was against the Fugitive Slave law of 1850‚ but Union commanders eventually decided to take them in. Union commanders viewed salves as a major tool for the confederacy so by returning them the confederacy would have more laborers. Slaves in the confederacy served to to task such as digging trenches‚ moving supplies and producing

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    spent money and imprisoned 18000 suspected Confederates without trials‚ which none of the former presidents had ever done at his time. The wise decisions of Lincoln maintained or strengthened the Union’s power and at the same time weakened the Confederacy‚ further helped the Union go on the pathway to victory. Meanwhile‚ Lincoln triumphantly dealt with foreign affairs. For instance‚ in 1861‚ Union Captain Charles Wilkes commanded the USS San Jacinto to intercept the British mail packet RMS Trent

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    In 1862 many people truly believed that the Confederacy was winning the Civil War. The Union believed it and the other countries believed it. The Union struggled with their military leaders and they weren’t familiar with the South’s land. The struggles that the North had before Gettysburg led to everyone believing that the South was going to win the Civil War. The North wasn’t crushing the South like they thought they would. The South wasn’t necessarily winning but they weren’t being beaten so

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