Question

Need these last questions answered by midnight

1.)Why would the Union want to emphasize the role of African American soldiers later in the war?

2.0Why did Confederates think Pickett’s Charge would work? What resulted?

3.)How did the events at Vicksburg change the tide of the war?

Answer 1

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Answer 2

1. Black troops played a major role at the Battle of the Crater during the siege of Petersburg, Virginia, and formed

2. At the beginning of the Civil War, Virginia had a black population of about 549,000. Of those African Americans.

3. Losing at Gettysburg ended Southern plans to invade the North; Winning at Vicksburg let the Union control the Mississippi River and divide the Southern States.