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Practical Liberators - Union Officers in the Western Theater during the Civil War (Hardcover)
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Practical Liberators - Union Officers in the Western Theater during the Civil War (Hardcover)
Series: Civil War America
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During the first fifteen months of the Civil War, the policies and
attitudes of Union officers toward emancipation in the western
theater were, at best, inconsistent and fraught with internal
strains. But after Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act in
1862, army policy became mostly consistent in its support of
liberating the slaves in general, in spite of Union army officers'
differences of opinion. By 1863 and the final Emancipation
Proclamation, the army had transformed into the key force for
instituting emancipation in the West. However, Kristopher Teters
argues that the guiding principles behind this development in
attitudes and policy were a result of military necessity and
pragmatic strategies, rather than an effort to enact racial
equality. Through extensive research in the letters and diaries of
western Union officers, Teters demonstrates how practical
considerations drove both the attitudes and policies of Union
officers regarding emancipation. Officers primarily embraced
emancipation and the use of black soldiers because they believed
both policies would help them win the war and save the Union, but
their views on race actually changed very little. In the end,
however, despite its practical bent, Teters argues, the Union army
was instrumental in bringing freedom to the slaves.
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