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In what two ways did emancipation of the slaves harm the Confederate war effort?

A-Freed slaves joined the Union army.
B-The Confederacy lost the support of Southern white civilians.
C-The Confederacy lost the labor force that supported its army.
D-Freed slaves took all the Confederate ammunition.
E-Without slaves, the Confederacy had no more reason to fight.

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The answers are A and C because the northern army grew with the addition of the African Americans while the confederates suffered mutiny. And the same idea with the labor force
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