Question:
Why is the Civil War referred to as the first modern war?
Required reading:
Eric Foner, Give Me Liberty! An American History, Volume 1, Chapter 14
Abraham Lincoln’s letter to Horace Greeley, 1862: http:// (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Frederick Douglass urges black men to join the war, 1863: http:// (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
DeBow’s Review article urging non-slaveholders to fight for the Confederacy, 1861: http:// (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Eye-witness account of the Richmond bread riots of 1863: http:// (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Instruction:
Must be 2 pages (double-space)
Answer the question thoroughly by reading all requirement.
All the required reading MUST be CITED in Chicago format.
