The second of the ten events that led up to the Battle of Gettysburg is the Emancipation Proclamation, it went into effect on January 1, 1863. The Emancipation Proclamation was President Abraham Lincoln’s decision to free all of the slaves in the United States. This event caused chaos within both the Confederates and the Union Troops. The men felt that this added further complications to the already complicated American Civil War. “Evidently, scores of African Americans living in the North were captured and taken South.” This changed the outlook for the troops that were fighting. They hoped to finish the already dragged on war; and most importantly, they had to figure out what to do with the African American slaves that they had working
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Since a majority of the wars were beginning to be fought in the South, invading armies destroyed crops along with the animals needed to maintain the fields as they marched through the towns. “Inflation outpaced population. From 1861 to 1863, the cost of wheat tripled while milk and butter quadrupled… For many families of modest means, food bills soon consumed every penny they made.” The people in the South were struck with hunger and the demand for supplies that they needed to survive. It led to riots in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. A small peaceful protest turned into a gang of thousands of families with no dispersion, it was not until militiamen were lined up with loaded weapons did the people …show more content…
This is because Lee was at his best thus far in the war, and frankly, Jackson was still alive. Hooker was greatly intimidated by Lee’s troops from the start. Hooker decided to retreat when he could have easily defeated Lee without a second thought based on the size of the troops. This was Lee’s high tide because he decided to divide his troops multiple times throughout this short lived battle, resulting in a Confederate victory. The Confederate men renewed their attacks multiple times, thus forcing Hooker and his troops to
Since a majority of the wars were beginning to be fought in the South, invading armies destroyed crops along with the animals needed to maintain the fields as they marched through the towns. “Inflation outpaced population. From 1861 to 1863, the cost of wheat tripled while milk and butter quadrupled… For many families of modest means, food bills soon consumed every penny they made.” The people in the South were struck with hunger and the demand for supplies that they needed to survive. It led to riots in the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia. A small peaceful protest turned into a gang of thousands of families with no dispersion, it was not until militiamen were lined up with loaded weapons did the people …show more content…
This is because Lee was at his best thus far in the war, and frankly, Jackson was still alive. Hooker was greatly intimidated by Lee’s troops from the start. Hooker decided to retreat when he could have easily defeated Lee without a second thought based on the size of the troops. This was Lee’s high tide because he decided to divide his troops multiple times throughout this short lived battle, resulting in a Confederate victory. The Confederate men renewed their attacks multiple times, thus forcing Hooker and his troops to