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McPherson in "Remembering Slavery discusses the recruitment of African Americans in the Union Army and how the inclusion of African Americans soldiers impacted the war. In your opinion, how instrumental was African Americans joining the Union Army in contributing to the Union's victory?-Nick. J | McPherson in "Remembering Slavery discusses the recruitment of African Americans in the Union Army and how the inclusion of African Americans soldiers impacted the war. In your opinion, how instrumental was African Americans joining the Union Army in contributing to the Union's victory?-Nick. J | ||
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| + | The role of Lincoln in the creation of a Civil War memory. Blight touches on the weary president attempting to come to term with the death toll of a war no longer under his control. We talk quite a bit about the roles of Jefferson Davis and Robert E. Lee after the War. Can it be argued that, despite his life being cut short, Lincoln shaped the public memory of the Civil War as much or more than Lee and Davis with the Gettysburg Address? -D. Radtke | ||
