How did the soldiers feel after the Battle of Gettysburg?

Answer 1

Many Union soldiers were against freeing the slaves because of different reasons... Thousands of Irish Catholic immigrants entering the Union army, had competed with black workers for jobs in the North. Also Union "Northern" soldiers, as they moved South, saw slaves building trenches, earthworks, bridges, and roads for the Confederate army a well as working southern farms... bring pressure within the Union Army to declare slaves free or emancipation as a way of depriving the South and Confederate army of their labor force.

Answer 2

It is doubtful many Southerners saw the freed slaves fighting for two reasons. One, it occurred at the tail end of the war. The second reason is that very few actually fought for the North. More slaves that were still slaves in the North fought in the war then freed slaves did.

Remember that there were also slave states that still owned slaves in the North throughout the war.

Answer 3

They would die for a cause. A dream that one day all men would be, as quoted in constitution: "Created equal". American Union soldiers were unselfish. They, unlike the south, made a very good living without slaves. The North's industry is the reason that they won the war. Some southerners knew they would lose so resigned from army or never got involved at all.

Answer 4

They mostly felt exhausted and relieved to be alive.