Daily life during the war The Lives of many Americans were affected by the civil war

Key People 54th Massachusetts Regiment Copperheads Clara Barton Key Terms and People Key Terms Emancipation Emancipation Proclamation Contrabands Habeas Corpus Key People 54th Massachusetts Regiment Copperheads Clara Barton

Free At Last Abraham Lincoln Soon began to realize that No Person should be enslaved, but he did not know if the constitution Granted the power of Emancipation He Also faced opposition from Various Groups Democrats Feared the slaves would take jobs or lower wages in the North Abolitionists argued that Lincoln was not doing ENOUGH to free the slaves Lincoln Worried about Losing Support of the Border States in the war But with Secretary of State Edwin Stanton, who said that Lincoln could free the slaves as an act of war, Lincoln would issue the Emancipation Proclamation to free the Southern Slaves

Free at Last!! The Emancipation Proclamation only freed slaves in the South and had little effect since the government could not help free them The Border States would not be affected so the Proclamation was used to solidify the United States Anti-Slavery Position and urge the British not to Aid the Confederacy The Proclamation was made after the Union victory at Antietam as a way to boost morale and went into effect January 1st, 1863 As millions of slaves were freed, the proclamation would be used to convince slaves to escape and cripple the Southern War Effort

The Strongest Fighters African Americans would soon join the war effort in July 1862 and Escaped Slaves could Join union Forces to help the Union Cause The 54th Massachusetts Regiment would become one of the most famous African American Regiments in the war Leading a failed attack on South Carolina's Fort Wagner Over 180,000 African American Troops would serve in the Army, but faced discrimination from other soldiers, and would only make 10 dollars a day compared to 13 dollars a day for white soldiers African Soldiers also faced the threat of being killed should the confederates capture them, an act of bravery that would earn the men the right to vote

While some gain freedom sole lose freedom As Opposition to the war spread, Peace Democrats, known as copperheads began to oppose the war or opposed abolition and sympathized with the south Lincoln saw the threat of the copperheads as a serious issue and would suspend their right of Habeas Corpus allowing government officials to arrest the copperheads without charges Violence in the North also broke out as the Draft was enacted and forced many poor Americans into active duty and led to violent protests against the selective service Former General George B. McClellan would run for President against Lincoln in 1864 on a platform to end the civil war but would lose to Lincoln by 192 electoral votes

Sick and Tired of fighting While new recruits were eager to join the war, in reality they were being sent to the battle fields where thousands would die to gain every inch of land they could Doctors and Nurses struggled to save lives but more soldiers would die of infections in wounds, or diseases like typhoid, pneumonia, and tuberculosis Twice as many soldiers would die of illness than would ever die in battle

Jail Birds War Prisons became some of the worst places a soldier could end up as starvation and disease killed thousands of prisoners The Prison in Elmira New York would lead to the Death of over 3000 soldiers captured in the war The Prison at Andersonville would become the worst war prison in the civil war seeing as many as 100 men per day die Over 50,000 men would die in war camps but the number dying on the battle field would far surpass those in war prisons

The Women of War With little men to work in the north women would join the workforce and overall wages would rise by 43% between 1860 and 1865 Women on Northern and Southern Farms would also assume the jobs of men, providing backbreaking labor to support the Military from their region In one remarkable example, Clara Barton would organize medicine drives for soldiers and organize battlefield hospitals assisting the doctors who were helping the wounded in the Civil war for the North Sally Louisa Tomkins would Organize a medical Hospital in the south and it became so important that Jefferson Davis would name her as a Captain for the South

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