... and the Confederacy the power of brotherhood on the battlefield. Fighting in a war was something that blacks wanted to do even before the Fifty-Fourth Regiment. In a letter from William A. Jones, an Ohioan African-American, to Simon Cameron, the Secretary of War, we are able to see his true desire to fight. Jones wrote about ... it. Since Ohio was a free state, blacks from all over fled to Ohio right at the start of the Civil War. In the letter, Jones is pleading for the Secretary of War to give blacks the nod to fight. Blacks were not allowed to fight at the time this ... letter was wr...

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• Grade Level: High School

... be able to fight for what they want. If they wanted to be able to preserve their rights through the right channels, it would just be a lost cause. Georgias secession letter also showed a clear example of how the so-called free states had a very uncooperative attitude towards the South. They point out a certain law which states that if a crime is committed ... and the criminal flees to another state, then the criminal is supposed to be taken back to state where crime was committed and be tried there. Georgias claim in this letter is that for above twenty years the non-slave-holding State...

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... end of the war. There was opposition to this but African-Americans would not be willing to be given their freedom then have it taken away as Lincoln said in a letter to Stephen A. Hurlbut a major in the Union army. "The emancipation proclamation applies to Arkansas. I think it is valid in law, and will be so held by the courts. I think I shall ... ...

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... lead to his nomination as presidential candidate for his own party, but due to his views and him winning the election in 1860, many southern states seceded. In a February 1, 1861 letter to William H. Seward he states: "that is, the question of extending slavery under the national auspices. I am for no compromise which assists or permits the extension of the institution ... ...

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... that Lincoln was not willing to act on slavery at this time because of the potential for another wave of secession and minimal support. This is not the case. In a letter to Joshua Speed in 1855 Lincoln states " I bite my lip and keep quiet that sight was a continual torment to me". From this extract glimpses of Lincoln's abolitionist views can be ... ...

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... of white men to the polls or even into neighborhoods to scare Republicans from even going to the polls to vote19. Violence became especially bad around election times. Ames wrote a letter to his wife saying: The reports which come to me almost hourly are truly sickening. Violence, threats of murder, and consequent intimidation Republican leaders are hiding in swamps or have ... ...

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... Pacific Coast they went by way of the Panama Canal. Many came down with cholera in Panama and twelve to fifteen died. They had a rough time crossing the Isthmus. In a letter written to his wife Julia (from Grants memoirs), he told her he was glad she and their son did not try to make the trip because it had been difficult ... ...

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... limitations, or, as Lincoln was forced to consider, the necessary exercise of constitutional powers. In discussing the problem of habeas corpus suspension, as we have seen, Lincoln referred to the "letter & spirit" of the constitutional clause authorizing irregular arrests under certain conditions. Even though it would be difficult to establish an agreed upon meaning for the "spirit of the Constitution, Lincoln ... ...

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... , and knew beforehand, every movement that Lee made. With his army decimated and no where left to turn, Lee decided to surrender at Appomatox Courthouse. When Grant first received the letter from Lee indicating his willingness to discuss terms of surrender, he was "jubilant-(Grant, Memoirs). But as he sat opposite of Lee, he "felt anything other than rejoicing at the ... ...

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... . and Mrs.Auld. Sophia Auld, Frederick's "mistress", was very humane to him and spent time teaching him the A, B, C's. After he mastered this, she assisted him in spelling three and four letter words. At this point in his lesson Mr. Auld encountered what his wife was doing for Frederick and forbid her to continue. He believed that "if you give a nigger an ... ...

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... . and Mrs. Auld. Sophia Auld, Frederick's "mistress", was very humane to him and spent time teaching him the A, B, C's. After he mastered this, she assisted him in spelling three and four letter words. At this point in his lesson Mr. Auld encountered what his wife was doing for Frederick and forbid her to continue. He believed that "if you give a nigger an ... ...

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... as practicable, unless my rightful masters, the American people shall withhold the requisite means or in some authoritative manner direct the contrary" (Qtd. in Haugen 26). In addition, Lincoln wrote a letter to Horace Greeley stating that he intended to maintain the Union and that solving the slavery debate would be a secondary issue. In order to preserve the Union, Lincoln needed to ... ...

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... war, it's just that watching young men die day after day has a way of changing a man. For instance, you can almost feel the sadness radiating off of Whitman in this letter that he sent to his mom in July of 1863: As I sit here writing to you, mother, I wish you could see the whole scene. This young man lies within reach ... ...

• Word Count: 1476
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