HIST 1305 Lecture 5: finalweekXIII
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Natural law passed by north in warfare to manage slaves who kept running game away to union army. Problem: us still of cially supported property rights of slave owner (union war heading ) -1861 version=slaves used in war effort -1862 law=just had to belong to johnny reb for them to legally con scated by the union. Black agency causeed passing of law **or union may not have done it. Civil war battle in pennsylvania that ended in union victory, spelling doom for the confederacy, which never again managed to invade the north. Site of general george iv pickett"s hardiness but doomed charge on the northern lines. Used the emancipation proclamation to enlist black soldiers. Some regiments known for bravery and often all black. Single bloodiest day of the war ; gave lincoln victory to military issue emancipation proclimation. The rst and only president of the confederate res publica of america.
