The Real Facts About

the Civil War

Heather Sapp

Roughly 1,264,000 American Soldiers have died in the

wars of America. 620,000 Soldiers died in the Civil war
alone.

Reasons For War

Historical facts show that the Civil War was no fought over one
issue alone. It also proves that it being over slavery could not
actually be any further from the truth.
The war between the Southern States and the Northern States was
over the rights that the Southern States were entitled to, but was
not receiving.
Congress heavily favored the industrialized Northern States.
They demanded the Southern States only sell their raw materials
to Northern factories.
Congress taxed the finished materials of the Northern factories.
This made it imposable for the Southerners so own these products.

Civil War Official

Records Show the War
Was Over More Then
Slavery!
There are hundreds of
documents and letters
from both the Union
and Confederate States
to prove the war was
not started over slavery.
Slavery was an issue
later on in the war, but
it was not the main
issue.

This War Could

Have Been
AVOIDED!
If the Northern States &
Congress had listened to
the problems of the
Southern people. If they
would have stopped
taxation without
representation.
The South would have
never seceded and there
would have been no war!

Soldiers Who Made Up

the Armies of the Civil
War
(10 Surprising Civil War Facts By Dennis Gaffney

One-third of the soldiers who fought for the Union Army

were immigrants, and nearly one in 10 was African American.
immigrant soldiers were Irish, French, Italian, Polish, English
and Scottish. In fact, one in four regiments contained a
majority of foreigners. Blacks were permitted to join the
Union Army in 1863, and some scholars believe this infusion
of soldiers may have turned the tide of the war.
Black Union soldiers refused their salaries for 18 months to
protest being paid lower wages than white soldiers.
When black soldiers began signing up with the Union Army in
early 1863, they were paid $10 a month. White soldiers were
paid at least $13, with officers earning more. Blacks were
further insulted when only they were charged a $3 monthly
fee for clothing, lowering their pay to $7. As a result, the
highest-paid black soldier earned about half the lowest-paid
white soldiers salary. To protest these conditions, black
regiments refused to accept their inferior wages. Finally,
pressure from abolitionist congressmen coupled with the
courage black soldiers had shown in combat persuaded
Congress to rectify the pay structure. In September 1864,
black soldiers finally received equal pay that was retroactive
to their enlistment date. For many, this meant they finally
had enough money to send some home to their families.

Small Minority of Whites Owned

Slaves
1860 U.S. census shows that before the start of the war
there were around 27,000,000 whites in America.
Only 8,000,000 million people owned slaves.
Less than 385,000 of the slave owners were white.
1.4 % of the people in America were white.
4.8 % of the total Southern population owned slaves.

African Americans Owned Slaves

Justus Angel and Mistress L. Horry, who were from South Carolina, the Colleton District were among them. The
each owned 84 slaves in 1830.
Historical facts show that in 1830 of all free African American slaves masters in South Carolina owned 10 or
more slaves. With eight of them owning no less then 30 or more.
William Ellison Jr. was a blacksmith and a cotton gin maker. He was a free black man after his release from
slavery. He lived in South Caroline. He became a major planter and a very rich man. When he died, he held 40
slaves.
Professor John Hope (leading African American Historian) records that over 3,000 freed black slaves owned slaves
in New Orleans. That is 28% of all slaves in New Orleans.
1960 in Louisiana, 6 black slave owners owned 65 or more slaves.
Widow C Richards and her son P.C. Richards (also black) owned 152 slaves. They owned a large sugar cane
plantation.
Antoine Duduclet, yet another black sugar can plantation owner, owned more than 100 slaves.
1860, There was 125 Free Blacks whom owned slaves in Charleston, South Carolina.
Out of these 125, six owned 10 or more slaves.
"One of the more curious aspects of the free black existence in Virginia was their ownership of slaves. Black
slave masters owned members of their family and freed them in their wills. Free blacks were encouraged to sell
themselves into slavery and had the right to choose their owner through a lengthy court procedure. states Ervin
L. Jordan, an African-American and assistant professor at the University of Virginia

Black Slave Owner

Ervin L. Jordan Jr. writes that, as the great conflagration of 1861-1865
approached: "Free Afro-Virginians were a nascent black middle class under
siege, but several acquired property before and during the war. Approximately
169 free blacks owned 145,976 acres in the counties of Amelia, Amherst, Isle
of Wight, Nansemond, Prince William and Surry, averaging 870 acres each.
Twenty-rune Petersburg blacks each owned property worth $1,000 and
continued to purchase more despite the war. This was in his book. He goes on
to state, "Gilbert Hunt, a Richmond ex-slave blacksmith, owned two slaves, a
house valued at $1,376, and $500 in other properties at his death in 1863."
Jordan wrote that "some free black residents of Hampton and Norfolk owned
property of considerable value; 17 black Hamptonians possessed property
worth a total of $15,000. Thirty-six black men paid taxes as heads of families
in Elizabeth City County and were employed as blacksmiths, bricklayers,
fishermen, oystermen and day laborers. In three Norfolk County parishes 160
blacks owned a total of $41,158 in real estate and personal property.

First American
Slave Owner was
A Black Man

Anthony Johnson was the very first

black person to own land.
He was the very first man to own a
slave.
He did so through the Courts.

Slavery Did Not Become an Issue

Until September 1862
Slavery was not an issue, until John Browns raid on
Harpers Ferry.
This event was after the battle of Antietam in
September 1862.
This was when Abraham Lincoln decided to free all the
slaves of the Confederate States ONLY. This was his way
to punish the Southern States for continuing to battle
for their rights.
The war had been in progress for two years by this point
in history.

Bloodiest Battles of the Civil War

Gettysburg: 51,116 casualties
Seven Days: 36,463 casualties
Chickamauga: 34,624 casualties
Chancellorsville: 29,609 casualties
Antietam: 22,726 casualties

History is Written
by the Victors
When studying any
history one has to
remember our history
books are wrote by the
victors.
There is always two
sides to the story and
the truth lies
somewhere in the
middle.

Quote by Ron Paul.

Slavery was a part of those greater issues,

but it was not the reason the Southern States
seceded from the Union, nor fought the Civil
War. It certainly was a Southern institution
that was part of the economic system of the
plantations, and because of that, it was part
and parcel of the economic reasons that the
South formed the Confederacy. The economic
issue was one of taxation and being able to
sell cotton and other raw materials where the
producers wanted to, rather than where they
were forced to, and at under inflated prices.
Funny, it sounds very much like the reason
we broke from Great Britain to begin with.
The South was within their rights, but there
should have been another way to solve the
problem. If they had been willing to listen to
Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the war could have been
avoided. Lincoln had a plan to gradually free the

Historical Facts About the

Confederate States, Armies,
Soldiers, Slavery & Reasons for War.

1.South Carolina - December 20, 1860

2.Mississippi - January 9, 1861
3.Florida - January 10, 1861
4.Alabama - January 11, 1861
5.Georgia - January 19, 1861
6.Louisiana - January 26, 1861
7.Texas - February 1, 1861
8.Virginia - April 17, 1861
9.Arkansas - May 6, 1861
10.North Carolina - May 20, 1861
11.Tennessee - June 8, 1861

General Lee, A Confederate General,

Historical Fact.
April 18 1861, 6 days after the attack on Fort Sumpter.
The commanding general of the Union army, Winfield Scott, told
Lincoln he wanted Lee for a top command. Lee said he was willing
as long as Virginia remained in the Union. Lee was asked by one of
his lieutenants if he intended to fight for the Confederacy or the
Union, to which he replied, "I shall never bear arms against the
Union, but it may be necessary for me to carry a musket in the
defense of my native state, Virginia, in which case I shall not prove
recreant to my duty." After Lincoln's call for troops to put down the
rebellion, it was obvious that Virginia would quickly secede and so
Lee turned down the offer on April 18, resigned from the U.S. Army
on April 20, and took up command of the Virginia state forces on
April 23.

Confederate Army was made up of mostly poor farmers.

They did not own slaves or own plantations. They were
fighting for their rights!

Reasons the
Southern Farmers
fought.
The largest part of the
Confederate Army was
poor farmers.
They fought to maintain
their lifestyles.
They fought for their
independence.
They fought to keep the
federal government from
dictating them.

Confederate States Recruitment

Confederate
Civilian occupations in the
Armies
Confederacy. Others included
laborers, 9 percent; mechanics, 5.3
percent; commercial, 5 percent;
professional occupations, 2.1
percent; and miscellaneous, 1.6
percent.
Farmers
Laborers
Mechanics
Commercial

69 %
9%
5.2 %
5%

Professionals 2.1 %
Misc.

1.6 %

Ending Slavery in the Southern

States
Starting in 1864, the Southern Confederate States began to free their slaves and abandon
slavery all together.
There are some indications in historical writings that even if the Civil War would have never
happen, the Confederacy would have still ended slavery.
Although some historians state that the Confederacy only started to abandon slavery because
they realized that their defeat was imminent. However, if this was the case, then that proves
that the CSA wanted their independence more then they wanted to hold on to their slaves.
Some of the highest ranking Confederate Generals did not believe in slavery and released their
slaves and or did not have them.
General Lees slaves were inherited and not purchased.
1860 census, only 31% of Confederate families owned slaves. Around 75% of the families that
did own slaves owned less than 10. They also worked beside them in their fields.
Overseas slave trade was banned by the Confederate Constitution. This allowed the Confederate
States to abolish slavery within the Confederate boarders.
Actual Slavery was not Nationally abolished until 1868. This was three years after the war.
States like Kentucky, Missouri, and Delaware still had slaves.

Free African Americans In the

Southern States.

Free African Americans Fought for

the Confederate States.
Bases on the 1860 U.S. census figures there were at least 800,000 African
American Confederate Soldiers.
African American Confederate Soldiers were made up of free and enslaved
men.

African Americans in the

Confederate Army
The Confederate Army paid their African American soldiers the
same amounts that the white soldiers were being paid. This was
a Confederate Congress rulings.
Pay for both white and African American Soldiers was $11 per
month.
In 1862 African American musicians were authorized to receive
pay. This authorization came from the Confederate Army.

Battle Flags of the Southern States

Battle Flags where created because of the confusion on the battle field.
To prevent friendly fire on both sides of the war.
They were not created for hate.
Seldom have these flags been used by groups like the Klu Klux Klan.
Most hate groups use the National Flag of The United States of America.
Yes, it is true and sad that some racist have in fact used battle flags of the Confederate
Armies for racist reasons. However, these reason are not the history or the reasons
these flags were made!

Confederate Prisoners of War

Captured Confederate Soldiers
Paroled on the field
Died in prison
Morality rate of prisoners

462,634
247,769
25,976
12 %

During the Civil War

Confederates Enlistment was 1,317,035
Battle Deaths
94,000
Disease Deaths
164,000
Other Cause
No Record Given
Total Deaths
204,070
Percentage of Deaths
24%

Historical Facts About the Union States, Soldiers,

Armies, Slavery & Reasons Behind the War.

Union States
The Union included the states of
Maine, New York, New Hampshire,
Vermont, Massachusetts,
Connecticut, Rhode Island,
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Ohio,
Indiana, Illinois, Kansas, Michigan,
Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa,
California, Nevada, and Oregon.
Abraham Lincoln was their President

Union Army Fought Because the

President Asked Them TO.
Civilian occupations in the Union.
Farmers
48%
Mechanics 24%
Laborers
16%
Commercial 5%
Misc.
4%
Professionals 3%

Lincoln Ask For Union States to Join

His Armies

Slavery in the Northern States

Many northern states still owned slaves at the start of
the war.
"America was a slaveholding country -- North and
South," said LaRoche. "Over the years, that reality has
been lost, stolen or just strayed from the history books.
Many of the Northern Slave owners did not release their
slaves until 2 years after many of the Southern Slave
owners did so.

African Americans Fought for the

Union
Many African Americans fought for the Union. Although,
they were treated worse in the northern states, than
they were in the southern states.

African American Soldiers of the

Union
The Union only paid their black soldiers $10 a month.
They took out $3.00 a month for clothing. This only left
these soldiers with $7.00 a month.
The white soldiers received $13.00 a month and no
clothing cost were taken out of their pay.
The all black units were not used for combat as much as
they could have been.
They were not treated equally.

Battle Flags of the Union

Union Prisoners of War

Captured
211,411
Paroled
16,668
Died
30,218
Mortality rate
15.5%

During the Civil War

Death from wounds
110,070
Death from disease
413,458
Total Deaths
23%
Deaths for other reasons Unknown

More Horrible Things Have Happened Under the

American National Flag, Then Any Other Flag our State
Governments Fly.
American soldiers pushed Natives from their land while carrying this flag.
American Soldiers waved this flag as they murdered, raped, starved, and
destroyed Native Americans.
Racist groups wave this flag more than any other.
This flag was created while Americans were committing treason to the King of
Britain.
Under this flag more lives have been lost or destroyed to keep our country free.
This is OUR HISTORY good or bad. It is time that we educate Americans about
the real truths in history and not just what the victors wrote about.
United we shall stand, tore apart and we shall fall.
GOD BLESS AMERICA, HER GOOD & BAD. ALL HER SOLDIERS & FREEDOM
FIGHTERS!

Board
States

Border States Standings

Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware, & Maryland
Slavery was legal
They supported the Union.
Some fought for the south.
Some fought for the north.

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