Slavery
Probably the single most studied aspect of the Civil War is that “Peculiar Institution”, Slavery. Slavery was not the sole cause of the Civil War. However, slavery underpinned the major reasons for the war, as well as played a significant role in the way the war was prosecuted and the outcome of the war.
This section strives to present the issues of slavery, the emotions and religion surrounding it and the quest for freedom as they relate to the Civil War and America.
Within this section will be found links to resources, sites to visit, as well as descriptive articles related to the topic. Be sure and check out the section on Abolition and Slavery found under the Overview->Causes->Slavery section as well.
Subcategories
Mitchelville
And Experiment In Freedom - Mitchelville was a town in South Carolina near present day Hilton Head where slaves were freed by military order prior to the Emancipation Proclamation.
The Chicora Foundation has been kind enough to allow CivilWar.com to place information about their archealogical studies and history of Mitchelville in the site. For further information read the short history of the site herein and visit Chicora.org.
Copyright 1995 by Chicora Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication as presented within CivilWar.com or in print form may be reproduced or transcribed in any form without permission of Chicora Foundation, Inc. except for brief quotations used in reviews.
The Chicora Foundation has been kind enough to allow CivilWar.com to place information about their archealogical studies and history of Mitchelville in the site. For further information read the short history of the site herein and visit Chicora.org.
Copyright 1995 by Chicora Foundation, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this publication as presented within CivilWar.com or in print form may be reproduced or transcribed in any form without permission of Chicora Foundation, Inc. except for brief quotations used in reviews.
African American Soldiers
With emancipation occuring during the war the inevitable issue of whether slaves or freed slaves would be given arms and used as soldiers was addressed. This category attempts to provide information about the way in which African Americans were used by the Union and the Confederacy, as well as reveal the way in which they were treated by both armies.
Undoubtedly African Americans played a significant role in the Civil War. Indeed, the casualty figures reveal a disproportionate suffering in comparison to other groups of soldiers. Many would succumb to disease as a result of unsanitary camp conditions before wars end.
Slavery and the Union
An often overlooked fact is that prominent figures associated with the Emancipation, at the time of the Civil War, were either slaveholders themselves or directly related to slaveholders.
Without passing judgement, this section attempts to provide information about the era that many may find suprising.
Without passing judgement, this section attempts to provide information about the era that many may find suprising.
- Confederate President Jefferson Davis calls for March 27 to be a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer.
- Following the Underground Railroad Route By Bicycle
- March is Women's History Month! Read the fascinating accounts of women spies hiding coded messages in women's hair, conductors of the Underground Railroad, soldiers disguised as men, surgeons, and advisors to the President!
- Teachers tackle race, economic disparity and history
- The President's Hymn: 'Give Thanks All Ye People'
- Thanksgiving Day during the Civil War
- Lincoln’s Thanksgiving proclamation in a divided time: ‘one heart and one voice by the whole American People’
- What Abraham Lincoln found reading the Book of Job amid civil war
- Civil War stories on display at Lincoln Highway museum in Unity
- Who was Henry Benning, for whom Fort Benning in Columbus was named?
- Fort Gordon Army Base: Who was John Brown Gordon?
- From the Civil War to the football field, we have been celebrating the wrong values
- History and Healing: Removing Controversial Artifacts from the Civic Landscape
- How to Reframe the Civil War in the Classroom
- Man scores Abraham Lincoln autograph in box of trading cards
- Native Americans' role in the Civil War
- Abraham Lincoln Healed a Divided Nation. We Should Heed His Words Today.
- An escaped slave was the 'Florence Nightingale’ of Indiana's Civil War regiment
- A Southern Democrat survived impeachment trap and came to be in charge of Reconstruction
- New Statue Unveiled In Response To Richmond's Confederate Monuments