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No, but it is often thought of as a catalyst of the ACW. Turner's Rebellion showed the fragility of the system of slavery and caused it to harden. For example,Manumission was virtually eliminated, and if memory serves, there was an increasing trend to portray slavery as a positive good in Southern discourse.
All those who are merciful with the cruel will come to be cruel to the merciful.
-Talmud Kohelet Rabbah, 7:16.
1861: Capture of Forts Hatteras and Clark, North Carolina
Ulysses S. Grant is given command of federal forces in Southern Illinois and Southeastern Missouri
1862: Battle of Brawner's Farm (Groveton), Virginia
Braxton Bragg leaves from north of Chattanooga, heading to join Kirby Smith in Kentucky as part of his Kentucky Campaign. It would culminate at Perryville.
1864: 60,000 Union troops are moving south, west of Atlanta to Jonesboro, Georgia, trying to outflank John Bell Hood and cut the Macon and Western Railroad.
NOTE: National Guard units which have lineage and honors tied to units which COnfederate heritage fly this streamer on their unit colors:
There is no 2nd Bull Run Union streamer. Units with that lineage are credited with either a Valley 1862 or Antietam 1862 streamer and the blue band is over the gray band.
1861 John Fremont seizes Comfederate slaves in Missouri in violation of Federal law.
1862 Culminating battle of Second Manassas. FitzJohn Porter's corps is shattered by Longstreet's flank attack. Longstreet 28000 men is the largest assault in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
Kirby Smith defeats Bull Nelson at Richmond, KY as the Confderates head northward in the Kentucky Campaign.
1864. Sherman's shift of troops towards the Macon RR causes Hood to shift Cleburne's corps to the SE to cover the line.
“Loyalty to country ALWAYS. Loyalty to government, when it deserves it.”
Mark Twain
1861 John Fremont seizes Comfederate slaves in Missouri in violation of Federal law.
1862 Culminating battle of Second Manassas. FitzJohn Porter's corps is shattered by Longstreet's flank attack. Longstreet 28000 men is the largest assault in the history of the Western Hemisphere.
Kirby Smith defeats Bull Nelson at Richmond, KY as the Confderates head northward in the Kentucky Campaign.
1864. Sherman's shift of troops towards the Macon RR causes Hood to shift Cleburne's corps to the SE to cover the line.
I like reading between the lines and finding classic snippets such as this : Confiscation Act ''This Act has been widely criticized due to the contradiction it creates. By defining slaves as contraband property that has been confiscated by the United States government, the US government then is considered to be retaining slaves. However, slavery being illegal in the North, the government cannot own slaves, and therefore they can no longer be considered contraband.''
I like reading between the lines and finding classic snippets such as this : Confiscation Act ''This Act has been widely criticized due to the contradiction it creates. By defining slaves as contraband property that has been confiscated by the United States government, the US government then is considered to be retaining slaves. However, slavery being illegal in the North, the government cannot own slaves, and therefore they can no longer be considered contraband.''
Dave: Most Northern states banned slavery in their respective states. There was no national ban at the time, nor could there be as the Federal government had no power under the Constitution to ban slavery anywhere. However, slaves encountered by the Union forces in rebellious states could be classified as contraband because they were still legal property, albeit of the enemy. Keep in mind that states on the Union side like Maryland and Delaware where slavery was legal never had their slaves confiscated, and those were only freed when the 13th Amendment was passed.
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1861 Samuel Cooper, Robert E. Lee, Albert Sidney Johnston, Joseph E. Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard are promoted to full general.
1864 Battle of Jonesboro (Jonesborough), Georgia In the final battle of the Atlanta Campaign, General William Hardee [CS] attacks O. O. Howard's [US] Army of the Tennessee west of the city of Jonesboro. North of the battle John Schofield cut the Macon and Western at Rough and Ready and Hood's Army was in jeopardy. The battle was joined the second day by large numbers of Union troops. Hardee withdraws at nightfall to join Hood at Lovejoy Station
Dave: Most Northern states banned slavery in their respective states. There was no national ban at the time, nor could there be as the Federal government had no power under the Constitution to ban slavery anywhere. However, slaves encountered by the Union forces in rebellious states could be classified as contraband because they were still legal property, albeit of the enemy. Keep in mind that states on the Union side like Maryland and Delaware where slavery was legal never had their slaves confiscated, and those were only freed when the 13th Amendment was passed.
Thanks for that Jad. It's the thought that anyone can be classed as 'contraband' ... smuggled goods illegal goods yes, but human beings? It's quite shocking to class people as goods and chattels.
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