Mitzie's+Civil+War+Project

Newsapaper Article being brought to into their territory. The author, himself is against the abolition movement and diputes that slaves, take away jobs from white americans. || [] ||
 * Author || Easton Argus ||
 * Date || March 28, 1862 ||
 * Title || The Niggers are Coming--Fine Prospects Ahead ||
 * Place of Origin || Philadelphia,PA ||
 * Summary || This article describes the people of Philadephia's reaction to 100 freed slaves
 * Analysis || This newspaper article was written during the civil war and is very candid. What I found shocking was the types of content that was allowed to be published. Some of the comments made by the author were offensive. Although, at this period in history, I can understand why it was allowed to be published. At this point slaves were considered property, and were not accounted for as citizens of the U.S., during this time in the Civil War. This is why blacks were spoken about so freely. Lincoln had enacted the Confiscation Act which declared all slaves used for "insurrectionary" purposes were freed. Many blacks enlisted in the navy, and helped fight in the war. Before this, there was sectional conflicts dealing with reasons for why the war was being fought. Americans and other immigrants like the Irish complained that the war was being fought to end slavery, and as a result, the freed slaves would take over jobs that white americans held."We do not want them here, to throw our white laboring population out of employment, to steal from our Farmers and to fill our Poor Houses and Prisons." This newspaper article, describing this worries of the citizens of PA, is very bias. The author bashes the republican party, and abolishion movement spitefully.What I would have liked to know, was how the Republican party would have responded or reacted to reading an aritcle like this.

Image/Photograph [] ||
 * Artist || none ||
 * Date || N/A...May 23 - 26, 1864 ? ||
 * Description || Federal troops occupying line of breastworks on the north bank; North Anna River, VA ||
 * Analysis || WHat I found suprising about this phootograph was how cramped, and dirty the living condtions were in the forts. Some dominant features in this image are the battle forts. I know that during this time during the civil war, new battle tactics were being used. Battle forts were one of the. Now they found that forts worked better than running out in open land to fire attacks, which was a lot more dangerous. I also noticed a rifle, in the picture which was also a new battle tactic. Better weapons made battle strategies more effective. I would have liked to know how long soldiers had to stay in the forts before they moved to their next fort, and how did they build them without being attacked.

Song Lyrics That many brave boys must fall..." The song is has a very patriotic feel, it talks about how the boys try to forget that they are actually fighting in a war and try to focus on the positive . At this time during the Civil War, Lincoln had instituted a draft, that made all men from ages to 18-35 to enlist in the war. Many young men had no choice but to enlist. So this song was probably written in response to that action.
 * Author || Henry Clay Work ||
 * Date || 1861 ||
 * Title || "Brave Boys Are They" ||
 * Place of Origin || N/A ||
 * Analysis || The main message of the song is that how the young men of the Union are fighting for our country. The song seems to evoke a somber or sad feeling, but also hopeful. The song lyrics say that the men fighting in the war are just boys.The author of the song speaks about the sacrifices the Union has to make to keep our country as one whole. "Brave boys are they!/Gone at their country's call;/And yet, and yet we cannot forget

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Letter/Journal/Diary [] ||
 * Author || L. Luckett ||
 * Date || Sep 2nd, 1861 ||
 * Title || Augusta County: L. Luckett to Alexander H. H. Stuart, September 2, 1861 ||
 * Place of Orign || Ashbourne, LA ||
 * Summary || This is a letter written by a soldier during the Civil War. In it, he describes his journey from Louisiana to Richmond, VA. He speks about previous battles, upcoming battle plans, and conditons on camp. ||
 * Analysis || After reading this letter, I found it interesting that the soldiers were mostly optimistic. The writer, L. Luckett is patriotic and is supportive of war. The letter was wriiten from the perspective of a the northern battle tactics. In Luckett's letter to Alexander Staurt he also mentions how the women play a significant role in the war. During the Civil War, women did begin taking on greater parts, like serving as nurses on the battlefield or filling job postions that were left by the men. In the letter he describes othe ways of how women were invovled."I hope our patriotic women may be able to clothe our whole army with woolens for the winter--it would be an honor..." Luckett also speaks about how the morale was high. The battle of Manassa had been recently fought, followed by the Battle of Wilson's Creek. At the Battle of Wilson's Creek the North won, and after were able to admit it as a a state (West Virginia). I would have like to know if other people not fighting in the war were allowed to visit soldiers, becuase the author mentions someone coming to visit him, towards the end of his letter.