They had to hand in their weapons, take the oath never to make war on the United States again, and then they were allowed to go home without threat of hangings, jailings or persecution.
It was burnerd.down
He killed himself before the civil war ended.
The Youngest surviving soldier at the end of the US Civil War was Andrew 'Jackson' Botts. He was the 13 years old. Known as the 'Little Drummer Boy,' he joined the Civil war when he was 12 1/2 years old. There were other soldiers who were as young as or younger when they joined, but Andrew Jackson Botts was the only 13 year old soldier at the end of the war.
Most of the soldiers in the Civil War were 18 to 35 years. Some soldiers as young as 12 and 13 participated in the war. Men as old as about 45 were welcomed into the Army. Many of the generals and colonels were much older. Robert E Lee was 58 at the end of the war. General Winfield Scott was 75 years old when he resigned early in the Civil War.
Soldiers were NOT welcomed home with happiness. Soldiers that came home from the Vietnam War were called baby killers and were often spat on.
Robert E. Lee
they used advanced laws to put up the law into a conferderate intuition to end slavery in the US they used advanced laws to put up the law into a conferderate intuition to end slavery in the US
End of Civil War.
It was burnerd.down
He killed himself before the civil war ended.
Lincoln was assassinated
Lincoln assassinated
Some Confederate gold was taken to the Federal Reserve. Other parts were stolen by Union and Confederate soldiers or used to help Southern aristocrats flee.
Approximately 9 percent of all men fighting for the Union were black.
Hopefully, our civilized perspective on issues of humanity would have shamed the Southern States into a more rational approach to civil rights (which were non-existent for Blacks and Indentured Servants at the time)
The Youngest surviving soldier at the end of the US Civil War was Andrew 'Jackson' Botts. He was the 13 years old. Known as the 'Little Drummer Boy,' he joined the Civil war when he was 12 1/2 years old. There were other soldiers who were as young as or younger when they joined, but Andrew Jackson Botts was the only 13 year old soldier at the end of the war.
Most of the soldiers in the Civil War were 18 to 35 years. Some soldiers as young as 12 and 13 participated in the war. Men as old as about 45 were welcomed into the Army. Many of the generals and colonels were much older. Robert E Lee was 58 at the end of the war. General Winfield Scott was 75 years old when he resigned early in the Civil War.