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What roles did Black slaves play in the Civil War? What roles
did free Blacks play in the Civil War? How did the war affect each
group?
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Over 600,000 Americans lost their lives in the Civil War, with the
Northern troops suffering higher losses. The North believed the
sacrifice was worth it; the slaves were freed, and the Union was
preserved. The South, on the other hand, began almost immediately to
glorify the lost cause. They turned their generals into mythic heroes
and looked wistfully back at the antebellum period. They almost
regretted surrendering.
Historian Shelby Foote said,
Any understanding of this nation has to be based…on an
understanding of the Civil War . . . The Civil War defined us as what