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U.S. History Chapter 19: The Civil War Section 4: Life During the War

US History Ch 19.4

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U.S. History

Chapter 19: The Civil WarSection 4: Life During the War

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Freeing the Slaves

•Lincoln supported freeing slaves if it would help the Northern war effort

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Freeing the Slaves

• Problems:

– Northern prejudice

– Slaves considered property

– No constitutional power to end slavery

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Freeing the Slaves

•Military order

•Emancipation Proclamation—declared slaves free in those areas controlled by the Confederacy

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Freeing the Slaves

• July 22, 1862: Lincoln discusses emancipation with cabinet

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Freeing the Slaves

•Advised to wait

•Announced after victory at Antietam

•Issued September 22, 1863

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Freeing the Slaves

•100 days to lay down arms

•Effective January 1, 1863

•Encouraged slaves to escape to Union lines

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African Americans & the War

• Union navy permitted African American to volunteer

• Calls to allow African Americans in Union Army

• Practical reason: need for soldiers

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African Americans & the War

• July 1862: Congress allows African Americans to serve as laborers

• 1862: War Department allows contrabands to join Union Army

•Contrabands—escaped slaves

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African Americans & the War

• 54th Massachusetts—infantry unit consisting mostly of African Americans who played a role in the capture of Ft. Wagner

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African Americans & the War

• 180,000 served in Union army

• Less pay

• Served under white officers

• Danger from Confederates

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Problems in the North

•Problems

–Emancipation

–Length of war

–Casualties

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Problems in the North

• Copperheads—northern Democrats who opposed the war

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Problems in the North

•Other problems:

–March 1863: enactment of draft

–Suspension of habeas corpus

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Problems in the North

•Habeas corpus—constitutional protection against unlawful imprisonment

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Southern Struggles

•Naval blockade cut off supplies

•Prices shot up

•Draft law (exclusions)

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Life on the Home Front

• Young & old worked in factories & farms

• Southern women ran farms and plantations

• Women played role in providing medical care

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Life on the Home Front

Dorthea Dix Clara Barton

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Life on the Home Front

•Uncomfortable, unhealthy camps

•Twice as many soldiers died from disease

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