Changes during the War

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Changes during the War
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• Im glad Jim has not joined any regiment and I
  hope he never will. I would not have him go for
  all my pay it would be very improbably that we
  could both go through this war and come out
  unharmed. Let him come here and see the thousand
  with their arms and legs off, or if that wont
  do, let him go as I did the other day through the
  Frederick hospitals and see how little account a
  mans life and limbs are held in by others.

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Civilian Soldiers

• Most soldiers had little or no military
  experience
• Most Southerners had no uniform
• Northerners were provided with poor quality
  uniforms

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All Ages
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Hygiene

• Filthy military camps
• Lack of bathing
• Rotting cow carcasses
• Latrines
• Unhygienic medical procedures
• Reuse of tools
• Amputations with a saw
• Didnt wash hands
• Spread of disease

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Random Fact

• Q What was the most common cause of death during
  the American Civil War?
• A Disease

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African Americans

• After the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863,
  African Americans were allowed to fight for the
  Union.
• I never saw such fighting as was done by the
  Negro regiment The question that negroes will
  fight is settled besides they make better
  soldiers in every respect than any troops I have
  ever had under my command

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African Americans
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Enemies from Within

• Copperheads Northerners who opposed Lincoln and
  the Union
• In response, Lincoln suspended the writ of habeas
  corpus
• Permitted the government to arrest citizens
  without any formal charges
• Many slaves slowed production in the South to aid
  the North

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Conscription

• Conscription (the draft) Required men to serve
  in the military
• Volunteers received 90
• Those drafted were paid nothing

Uncle Sam Go on boys! Ill take care of the
wives and babies!
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Economic Changes

• North
• African Americans began serving in military
• Women took over some jobs
• Hunger, poverty, and disease spread
• Greenbacks The North prevented economic collapse
  by creating paper money

• South
• Inflation An increase in the cost of goods and a
  decrease in the value of money.
• Income tax The government taxes the money you
  earn

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Women

• Filled some man jobs
• Volunteered as nurses and workers serving on the
  front lines
• Some women disguised themselves as men to fight
  in the war

Jennie Hodgers a.k.a Albert D.J. Cashier