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Between Battles soldiers would read, write to their loved ones, played cards, went swimming, hunting, and fishing, played baseball and put on magic shows.

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Women of the war would disguise themselves as men as they were not allowed to enter into the military. Many of them did this to be able to fight

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African americans faced less training, worse weapons, and they got paid less than the white men. 

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African americans faced less training, worse weapons, and they got paid less than the white men. 

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During the Civil War many female doctors were denied access to treat patients as a doctor because being a female doctor was considered unladylike. Mary Walker, female surgeon, wasn't approved to treat patients as a doctor for the Union. Since she was denied by the union Mary had to volunteer as an surgeon's assistant.  After all the hard work Mary Walker put in helping treating patients, Mary received the congressional Medal of Honor

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African Americans that were captured in the south during the war faced the risk of being executed or enslaved. If white soldiers were captured they would be imprisoned.

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Women were not allowed to join the armed forces or able to to fight on the front lines. Women who wanted to join the forces disguised themselves as men. Over 400 women disguised themselves as men to fight the war.

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The war was an extremely brutal conflict, this was partially because of the development of new and deadlier weapons. The battles were chaotic since, they were using new deadly weapons and old poor battlefield tactics.

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These experiences made these African Americans get upset and protest/riot to get equality and it still today isn’t completely equal.

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A black company protested, by stacking their weapons and refused to pick them up until they received equal pay.  Leading to their Leader William walker getting charged with mutiny and executed by firing squad.  Later in June 1964 congress agreed to equalize all pay for Black and White soldiers.  Including all back pay.

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African Americans got less training, poor weapons, and unequal pay. The African Americans got paid $10 and white soldiers got paid $13.

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The most famous black unit was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, which played a critical role in winning acceptance for black soldiers.

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Some women also worked very dangerous jobs such as making bullets, making artillery shells, and working in munition factory. Because of they dangers they were working with, many women lost their lives.

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Medical care was absolutely horrible! Most soldiers died from disease because the doctors knowledge was limited in the 1860's. Doctors really didn't know how to treat the diseases or take caution when doing sanitary procedures.

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Medical care on the battlefield was usually not very good due to doctors not using proper sanitization. Amputation was often what doctors had to use for shot soldiers, musket balls would usually shatter bones on impact.

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Woman spies were more successful because no one expected a woman to be a spy. Elizabeth Van Lew was a successful spy for the union. She accessed multiple Confederate war plans and was never arrested because she pretended to be mentally ill. She was later named as a hero for the union. This impacted her because now she was a big hero to a lot of people and really set a new standard for woman. No one expected a women to really step up and be a big contribution to the war. This showed that women can be as much as help as men in certain ways. - kennedy weiland

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The 54th Massachusetts Regiment was a big part upcoming in the future because this was a big role in winning acceptance for black soldiers.

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Most Southern women worked as nurses. Because of this, some of the nurses turned their homes into medical shelters.

Many women had to over come prejudice in order to do their job.

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Mostly they used women as spies because they were not suspected as quickly as men. Also if they were to get caught their punishment would not be as bad as it would be for men.

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Over 3000 women had served as nurses for the Union army by the end of the war. Most men did not want women near the battlefield because they saw it as unladylike.

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Most of the soldiers had to go through deadly battles. 50,000 men were killed in Gettysburg. These bloody battles happened because the new guns were too powerful and deadly for the poor battlefield tactics. This also gave them PTSD because they had to watch their friends they fought with killed in the war. This war also changed the tactics on the battlefield due to the powerful guns , cannons and explosives. 20,000 people were also killed in Antietam.

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Bad Medical Care              Brady Shreve

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Bad Medical Care              Brady Shreve

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In the Civil War new weapons such as Rifled Muskets and Exploding Cannonballs were used. The weapons improved faster than the medical care. Doctors had little knowledge on how infections and diseases spread. There was little hygiene between soldiers and doctors. Doctors often wore bloody clothes and did not clean there tools between operations. Because of this more soldiers died from infections and diseases than from their battle wounds.This would've affected a soldiers life and our country's future. Many soldiers died in doctors care causing a population decrease and soldier may have developed PTSD living in those conditions.