some were forced to fight for their masters but many escaped and fought for the union
He was the leader of Confederate armies during the Civil War.
During the US Civil War, Southern slaves were forced to work the farmlands to provide food for the military. Additionally, the Confederate armies used slaves to perform manual labor such as carrying ammunition, loading and unloading wagons and cooking for the soldiers. This released more white soldiers for battlefield operations. Their presence was also a cause for over estimating the size of Confederate armies.
Jefferson Davis was one of America's statesman. He served the Union and Confederate armies when he was a leader of the Confederacy during the Civil War.
To weaken the Confederate states.
Slaves living in the Confederate states during the Civil War were freed.
No, the confederate had no slaves, but the union did have African American solders.
The Battle of Antietam was not a clear victory for neither the Confederate nor the Union armies.
More than 400 women disguised themselves as men and fought in the Union and Confederate armies during the Civil War.
During the Civil War the Union had about 22million and the Confederate had about 12.5million -- 9million being free and 3.5million being slaves.
To defeat the Confederate armies and bring the rebel states back into the Union.
The confederate army and the union army.
The Civil War