Class Summary 1.4.13

Continuing our work in the Civil War unit, yesterday we looked at the Gettysburg Address and how the focus of the war changed. It went from protecting "liberty to all" and keeping the union together to a war abolishing slavery. This was more heavily confirmed by the Emancipation Proclamation and the use of African American as soldiers to aid the Union. Today, we looked at the Robert Gould Shaw Memorial and the advances the new addition to the Union forces the African Americans made. The first all African American fighting unit was the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, who made their heroic mark on history at the attack of Fort Wagner.