The Civil War

Starr webb, Tamika Hubbard                         10-23-07                                                    Leonard Elam                                                       

                               

                               The Civil War

* During the American Civil War many people volunteered and gave their lives for their country. Over 650,000 people died during the war. Their were a lot of things going on during the war, for instance slavery was still going on. The war started in the year of 1861 Abraham Lincoln was also involved in the war.

November 6,1860 Abraham Lincoln,who had declared government cannot endure permanently half slave, half free.

       

April 17,1861-virginia secedes from the union followed within five weeks by arkansas Tennessee and North Carolina thus forming an Eleven.President Abraham Lincoln caled for 75,000 volunteers to serve as soldiers in a campaign againts the south.To plunder the South for the benefit of the north by a new,protective teriff, will be one of their first measure of Northern Section aldemination and on the other hand, to exhaust the treasury by sectional schemes of appropration.

On 17,1862, congrees passed two acts allowing the enlistment of African Americans, but official enrollment occured only after the September,1862 issuance of the Emancipition Proclamation.In general,white soldiers and offficers believed that black men locked the courage to fight and fight well. In October,1862,African Americans soldiers of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers silenced their critics by repulsing attacking Confederates,at the battle of Island Mound,Missouri.By August 14,1863 Negro Regiments were in the field and ready for service.

On July 17,1863, at Honey Springs,Indian,now Oklahoma, the 1st Kansas Colored fought with courage again.Union troops under General James Blunt ran into astrong Confederate force under General Douglas Cooper.After a two hour bloody engagment.Cooper’s soildersretreated. The1st kansas which had held the center of the Union.And in January,1864 General Park Cleburne and  several other Confedrate officers in the Army of the Tennessee proposed using black troops. Cleburne recommended offering slaves their freedom if they fought and survived.Confederate President Jefferson Davis refused to consider Cleburnes proposal and futher discussion of the idea.

Jan 31,1865 the US congress approves the thirthteen *amendent to the US,const.

In conclusion we found out that75,000 volunteers to serve as soldiers in a campaign againts the south.In October,1862,African Americans soldiers of the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteers silenced their critics by repulsing attacking Confederates,at the battle of Island Mound,Missouri.And in January,1864 General Park Cleburne and  several other Confedrate officers in the Army of the Tennessee proposed using black troops.  

DISCUSSION QUESTIONS

1.Why did the war end?

*2.Why did the war start?

3.Were did the war take place?