Presidential and congressional policies of the former Confederate states provoked often strident responses from ex-Confederates. They also set the terms for readmission. Republican moderates and radicals, meanwhile, desperately tried to unite on a single Reconstruction policy, a task which wasn’t easy. […]
After a brief period of quietude following the first battle, the Union resolved for vengeance. There were a series of attacks in the eastern and western theaters. While the Union conquered the West, the Confederacy held on to victory in the East. […]
The Union had a clear advantage over the Confederacy, be it in terms of military power or monetary support. However, the Confederacy, too, was not without some strengths. Ultimately, it was a battle between the equals. […]
The Kansas-Nebraska Act was a catalyst for a long withstanding political crisis. it highlighted how conditions worsened between people who became bloodthirsty. […]
The 1850s saw a political upheaval when the national political system suffered a fracture. The Whigs and the Democrats gave in to a new emergent party. […]
The Fugitive Slave Law led to the division of society into the northern states who saw the ills of slavery and the southern states who upheld slavery. […]
Black people across the South got freedom from their bondage during the Civil War. However, they had to face many more difficulties, and many of them succumbed to illness in contraband camps. […]
African American soldiers faced a lot of prejudice when they joined the United States Army during the Civil War. However, it didn’t stop them from proving their competency on the battlefield. […]
After the Emancipation Proclamation, keeping the freed people in contraband camps was problematic. Abolitionists and black people advocated land allocation as a viable solution. […]
The battle, and eventual win, of the Union Army at Chattanooga brought about a lot of changes in terms of strategy and leadership. Ulysses Grant was made the General-in-Chief, however, Braxton Bragg was removed from his position. Besides, the victory also boosted the Union morale which had gone through some rough times before this battle. […]
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