We all have some sort of knowledge about the Civil War, whether we’ve learned about it in school, from friends, loved ones, or reading independently on this important event in history. What started the beginning of the Civil War was the debate between two presidential elected candidates, about slavery (Gannon 244). During the debate Abraham Lincoln mentioned abolishing slavery, in hopes to stop the spread of slavery. The North and the South regions of the United States, didn’t see eye to eye; the North wanted to abolish slavery, and the South did not. The main focus of this paper is Florida’s role in the Civil War, such as the background history of beginning of the Civil War, Florida and its people’s role, the free and enslaved slave’s roles,
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The Blockade occupied the following ports: St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Key West, and Pensacola (Florida Center of International Technology). To help support their Confederate soldiers, people raised cattle and grew crops to send to their troops, mostly beef, pork, fish, fruit, and salt were sent (Florida Center of International Technology). Florida’s salt contribution to the war had to be one of the most important role Florida had in the war. Salt was a very important supply need for the army, because salt helped keep their meat from spoiling so quickly. A group made up of ranchers and cowhands who protected the cattle ranches, salt works and smaller towns in south Florida. This group came to be called the Cow Cavalry. The cow cavalry also helped make it possible for the confederate army to be supplied with food and goods from …show more content…
Slaves were rented or talked into serving the Confederates, taking the tasks to collect food supplies, and build reinforcement walls. The “slaves provided the labor desperately needed to make up for the absence of so many white males in the army” (Gannon 252). Union forces made their way around the state and offered freedom to the slaves, but a large number stayed and continued to work in the farms, and did whatever needed to survive. Without the slaves help, “the state’s war effort would have withered at a much faster rate than it did” (Gannon 253). Not all slaves were enslaved, “many slaves bought their freedom or were freed by their owners” (Florida Center of International Technology). Slaves didn’t only serve for the Confederacy, the free and runaway slaves also joined the Union army. According to amaricainclass.org, “between 180,000 and 200,000 African Americans served in the Union Army and Navy.” Their admirable bravery to fight against the Confederacy and leave their stations to aid the Union in winning the war, in hopes in not only free themselves from slavery but also their families and friends, was truly
The Blockade occupied the following ports: St. Augustine, Jacksonville, Key West, and Pensacola (Florida Center of International Technology). To help support their Confederate soldiers, people raised cattle and grew crops to send to their troops, mostly beef, pork, fish, fruit, and salt were sent (Florida Center of International Technology). Florida’s salt contribution to the war had to be one of the most important role Florida had in the war. Salt was a very important supply need for the army, because salt helped keep their meat from spoiling so quickly. A group made up of ranchers and cowhands who protected the cattle ranches, salt works and smaller towns in south Florida. This group came to be called the Cow Cavalry. The cow cavalry also helped make it possible for the confederate army to be supplied with food and goods from …show more content…
Slaves were rented or talked into serving the Confederates, taking the tasks to collect food supplies, and build reinforcement walls. The “slaves provided the labor desperately needed to make up for the absence of so many white males in the army” (Gannon 252). Union forces made their way around the state and offered freedom to the slaves, but a large number stayed and continued to work in the farms, and did whatever needed to survive. Without the slaves help, “the state’s war effort would have withered at a much faster rate than it did” (Gannon 253). Not all slaves were enslaved, “many slaves bought their freedom or were freed by their owners” (Florida Center of International Technology). Slaves didn’t only serve for the Confederacy, the free and runaway slaves also joined the Union army. According to amaricainclass.org, “between 180,000 and 200,000 African Americans served in the Union Army and Navy.” Their admirable bravery to fight against the Confederacy and leave their stations to aid the Union in winning the war, in hopes in not only free themselves from slavery but also their families and friends, was truly