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The Union did well to be taken into the Union's army. Lincoln thought it was a good idea. He believed the more soldiers under Union commanders could only help end the war sooner. It's true that the Union could have won without them but the North also helped freed Black slaves with their self pride and they fought well. The South also recruited some slaves into their forces, but only a nominal amount, perhaps 5,000.
What else can I help you with?
Could the Union have won the US Civil War without slaves?
It's clear that the Union had a large draft pool of men. Many millions of them. Combined with all the other resources it had, it's clear the Union could have won the Civil War without slaves. It was a good sign however, that thousands of former slaves joined the Union forces.
What did moderate Republicans want from southern states before they could rejoin the Union?
More rights for former slaves
What did moderate republicans want from southern states before they could the union?
More rights for former slaves
What moderates republicans want from southern states before they could rejoin the union?
More rights for former slaves
What did moderate republicans wants from southern states before they could rejoin union?
More rights for former slaves
Why did moderate republicans want from the southern states before they could rejoin the union?
More rights for former slaves. Apex
Who was the former slave who urged Lincoln to recruit former slaves to fight in the union army?
Frederick Douglass
What statements is an example of evidence a historian could use to support a claim about the American Civil War?
Answer this question… Former slaves fighting in the Union army were essential to several Northern victories.
Who abolished slavery in the 1800s?
The Emancipation Proclamation only freed the slaves in the southern states that had rebelled. It did NOT free any slaves that were held in the Union states. Lincoln once stated that if he could defeat the South and bring them back to the Union without freeing the slaves he would do it.
How many former Georgia slaves served in the Union army during the Civil War?
3,500
Facts about the Emancipation Proclamation?
It only released slaves of the Confederate States but not the slaves of the Union States. Only the Union slaves could be freed after the war had ended.
Did former slaves fight in the civil war?
Yes, there were units of African Americans that fought on the side of the Union.
