... soldiers "bore stiff with patience", showing how they were willing to live with the hardships. The Black regiment entered the war well after it had begun, thus they were all unprepared psychologically to meet the demands of the war. "Union side saw large numbers of Blacks enlisting in the army and joining what they saw as an adventure. Black men felt ... best of their abilities or at all. Many young black troops who joined the Union side throughout the war had less experience. As all troops are at first, they were unprepared for the hardships of war. Thus Confederate soldiers had a bett...

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... and reached New Bedford, Massachusetts, where he took the name of Douglass. His career as an abolitionist began dramatically in 1841 at an antislavery convention in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where his unprepared address to the convention revealed him to be an orator of great expression. As a recent slave he worked with his back, now he was engaged as an agent of the ... in the northern states and his work for the Underground Railroad did much to advance the cause of the abolitionists and made his name a symbol of freedom and achievement among whites and blacks alike. In 1845, Douglass, ...

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• Grade Level: High School