Civil War Argumentative Analysis

There were many components working together towards the process of Emancipation over the course of the Civil War leading up to the Reconstruction Era. During this timeline, we witness the actions of political leaders, social activists and the African American population, gradually bring the idea of Emancipation into fruition, starting with the initial stages of the Civil War. The war sparked controversy among the union because the general assertion that this was the “white man’s war,” which excluded Black men from being participants in the war effort. There was a refusal for them to even acknowledge that abolition of slavery could ever be at the forefront of the agenda. However, this belief was perpetuated by President Lincoln’s original public stance on the

However, Lincoln’s unstable agenda was causing a division in the topic of Black men in the war, and whether it was worth it to join the army. There was worry that the union had only planned on utilizing Black soldiers as laborers and garrison troops. The Union army would have to prove that their extension to Black soldiers was of genuine sentiment, and in the earlier stages, entailed of blatant discrimination. The military officials allowed stereotypes to dictate their treatment of the Black regiments. African American men are trying to prove their citizenship through military service, yet they were still barred by the preconceived notion that African American men did not have the courage to fight properly on the battlefield. The wage gaps weren’t rectified until eighteen months later, following their wage boycott. This is another instance of Black people having to push for their freedoms and rights to be recognized. In the year of 1863, Lincoln acknowledges that Black regiments could be crucial in defeating the