Lincoln Records

amounting to 15% of the over two million who served, was broken down as follows: Notably, their mortality rate was significantly higher than white soldiers: Incomplete Confederate records list 74,524 killed and died of wounds and 59,292 died of disease. Including Confederate estimates of battle losses where no records exist would bring the Confederate death toll to 94,000 killed and died of wounds. The wealth amassed in slaves and slavery for the Confederacy 's 3.5 million blacks effectively ended

Northern and Southern State Advantages Civil War In the North, the population, railroad mileage, and the number of factories had given them advantages during and after the Civil War. Compared to the South, the Northern states had 21.5 million people for a population and the South had only 9 million people. Railroad mileage was about 21,700 miles in the North but in the South, there were only 9,000 miles of railroad tracks. The number of factories in the North was about 110,100 factories, in the South

watched is Lincoln. This movie is about President Abraham Lincoln’s struggles to free all slaves permanently before the Civil War ended. The movie is set in 1865, just after Lincoln was reelected. Lincoln is faced with a moral dilemma. His goal is to pass the amendment to ban slavery forever, but if the war ends before he can do this he’ll never get the opportunity. As he pushes to get the votes he needs to secure the bills passing a peace offer is brought forth by the Confederates. Lincoln must now

Abraham Lincoln once said, “I claim not to have controlled events, but confess plainly that events have controlled me” (“Letter to Albert G. Hodges” 281 as qtd. in R.J. Norton 1). In accordance with his quote, when President Lincoln issued the unprecedented Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, Lincoln freed slaves in the Southern states, but he and his actions were being controlled by Civil War. The Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865 between the Northern states, or the Union, and

people a new viewpoint and a new beginning. Lincoln stated, “government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.” These impactful words gave a new meaning of the war to the American people. The American Civil War was not a war but a second chance. On January 1st, 1863, a document called the Emancipation Proclamation was issued by the president of the Union, Abraham Lincoln. According to National Archives and Records Administration, the Emancipation proclamation

were some rules on the treatment of slaves but most didn’t follow them and there was no regulation. A perfect example of this comes to us from the records of Bennet H. Barrow. He was a slave owner in Louisiana that kept records of how many times he punished, or beat, slaves during a twenty-three- month period. Mr. Barrow owned 129 slaves and his records totaled 160 whippings. This means on average a slave was whipped, beaten or punished every four and a half days. According to Mr. Barrow’s accounts

Stones River Battle. To accomplish this, I used library research, The Internet as well as interviewing residents of Tennessee about the Battlefield and its history. Also, I had to conduct pictorial research from picture files, National Parks Service records and also acquisitions of the maps to use at the time of the visit. The plans also included liaising with the National Park Service and the management of the Stones River National Battlefield Park on

opinion about the never-ending slavery that, “blood poured out by 4,000,000 victims.” So, with that said, I want to begin with the role of a very known former president, that tends to get credit for the end to slavery, and that of course is Abraham Lincoln. Also in my writing, I’m not going to forget to write about the brave slaves themselves and their role to their own freedom, facing their cruel masters. Giving the slave owners their worst fear. Armed slaves, angry slaves and with a taste for their

the Statue of Liberty, n.d.). It reveals how the Statue of Liberty (which symbolizes America) has been set free, and progressing. Another symbol that represents America is the Liberty Bell, an abolitionist publication known as the Anti-Slavery Record, referred first to the bell as the Liberty Bell in 1835 (“The Liberty Bell”, n.d.). The bell’s inscription gave a rallying cry for abolitionist hoping to end slavery. It symbolizes pride in a new nation. The bell served as a reminder to Americans

Abraham “Abe” Lincoln was born in Hardin County, Kentucky on February 12, 1809 to Thomas and Nancy Lincoln. Lincoln was born and raised in his parent’s one bedroom cabin on their farm in Sinking Spring, Kentucky (now known as Hodgenville, Kentucky). Lincoln’s father who lacked a proper education was a great farmer and carpenter and frequently served as a jury member. His parents joined a Baptist church in the area that had later split apart due to slavery. When Lincoln was two his family moved to