During the Civil War lives were changed dramatically. Husbands left homesteads and businesses to guy fight in the war. Women from both the north and south were forced to take over jobs they never were once allowed to before. When the Emancipation Proclamation took place it led to African Americans men being able to be enrolled as Union soldiers. Both women and slaves were facing so many changes all at once. All types of African American men enlisted, even free slaves. By the end of the war there were over 190,000 African American soldiers. Even though the Africans had joined the Union army there was still racism. Racist white soldiers among the Union did not trust African American soldiers. Since they did not trust them this ultimately
