Life During the Civil War
African Americans Emancipation Proclamation Militia Act 54th Massachusetts Regiment Freed slaves form their own regiments Spies and Guides Harriet Tubman in the War 180,000 will serve in the union army
Homefront- North Economy Land Draft Copperheads Income tax Higher tariffs Bonds Land Trans-Continental Railroad- Pacific Railroad Act Homestead Act of 1862 Draft Hiring of “replacements” leads to riots Copperheads Suspension of Habeas Corpus PRA- granted companies land to build rail lines
Homefront- South Blockade Paying for the War Blockade runners- built by British Paying for the War Not a lot of money Steal from Union Inflation and food shortage Draft, suspends Habeas Corpus, and seizes private property
Soldiers Life Disease!!! Prison Camps Amputation For every soldier killed in battle two dies of disease Prison Camps Andersonville, GA Amputation Andersonville- 15 months 12,000 union soldiers died
Women During the War Women left at home Nursing Spies Freed Women? Clara Barton- creation of the red cross Spies Mary Ann Pittman- Confederate Freed Women?