Notes for Thursday December 7th

Sorry that these notes are so late. I forgot about it last Thursday and then when I remembered I couldn't find my notes but now I have them so here they are:

Civil War-

Draft issues
North/south passed draft laws in 1862(south) and 1863(north)
All white men ages 18-35 were subject to the draft
The Second law raised the age to 45 with only one exception if you have more than 20 slaves
In the north males 20-45 had to enroll
Men who were called were allowed to hire subs but they had to pay them $300 per draft call
Draft riots in the north
Bread riots in the south
This was a rich man’s war but the poor men had to fight
Wealthy were taxed
The southern planters and northern middle class were over represented in military
Homestead act granted farmers 160 acres of land after living on a piece of property for 5 years
Pacific railroad granted land and loans to rail road companies


Role of Women
Civil war brought women into the factories and farms
Women also entered into teaching and civil service
Medicine at this time was women’s greatest field


Turning battle points
Lincolns issue with the emancipation proclamation
Gettysburg- south never regained the offensive
Vicksburg- Confederacy cut in 2; north controlled most of the entire Mississippi area


African Americans
Union commanders in Louisiana, South Carolina, and Missouri organize black regiments in 1862
Emancipation proclamation legitimized this policy
1st African Americans were not in combat, they were paid less
Congress enacted equal pay for the military in 1864
45th Massachusetts infantry led the assault on Fort Wagner
Not until march 1865 did confederate congress pass a bill to formally accept African Americans into confederate army (one month before the end of the war)
Some African Americans had actually fought earlier


Prisoner of war camps
Conditions in north and south were wretched
Quick prisoner of war exchanges would alleviate this but north’s use of blacks and southern refusal to treat blacks as soldiers were not as rebelling as slaves
Made POW camps necessary
16% of union soldiers in the south died, 12% of confederate held in north and also died
Andersonville in south was the most infamous camp


I hope these notes help and once again I apologize that these are so late considering that the test was today.

*~*Stephanie*~*