Freehling does a splendid job organizing the battles of the war chronologically to go along with what he aims to say. From the assault on Fort Wagner to the battle of Vicksburg, he brings a new perspective to each of these crucial events during the Civil War. The name anti-Confederates does not only apply to the whites in the Border States, but blacks also. Many served as soldiers against the Confederate Army. This ultimately doubled the Union’s army force. This gave the North advantage because the blacks knew the territory very
Freehling does a splendid job organizing the battles of the war chronologically to go along with what he aims to say. From the assault on Fort Wagner to the battle of Vicksburg, he brings a new perspective to each of these crucial events during the Civil War. The name anti-Confederates does not only apply to the whites in the Border States, but blacks also. Many served as soldiers against the Confederate Army. This ultimately doubled the Union’s army force. This gave the North advantage because the blacks knew the territory very