The Confiscation act of 1861

This was a act of Congress in August 1861 permitting the US Government to Confiscate any property being used to support the Confederate cause. Since the South considered Slaves as property, They were included. After the Battle of Bull Run both sides saw the Slave as a military asset and expendable. General George McClellan was appointed Commanding General of the Army by President Lincoln.

As we move into the fall of 1861 there were no major battles. The US Navy was starting to have success on the east cost, the anaconda plan was starting to take effect. Southern farmers were burning there cotton crops because of fear that they would fall into Union hands. As winter set in military action slowed down.

As I have said the North went to war to save the Union, and the South went to war to preserve and expand Slavery. But as we draw to the end of 1861 Slavery has now become the main issue of the war. The Union did not have a set policy on what to do about Slaves coming into there lines.However when Slaves came into Union lines they felt they were free. It was up to Union Commanders as what to do with Slaves.

Some sent them back, some put them to work, and some allowed them to come through there lines. In the fall of 1861 thing were moving faster than anyone had ever seen. The war was going badly for the North, they had noway of forcing Southern States back into the Union. And if things were not bad enough, there was a risk of war with England. America was coming off track, and Slavery was now front and center.

So 1861 comes to and end with America in total confusion, and Slaves starting to see a path to freedom.

In my next Blog we move into 1862. The Black Slaves path to freedom would get a little wider.

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 At the Battle of Bull Run we will look a little closer at the Slaves who fought in this war. Nowhere in the American History books can you find the truth about the American slaves contribution to both sides in the civil war.
In this post a Slave that fought at Bull Run will speak.
On Sunday morning July 21, 1861 a Slave by the name of John Parker and three other men open fire on Union forces, the group which was operating a cannon could not see the Union Troops, they only fired at random. Parker and his men had never experience war, and were terrified. The war was all around Parker and his men.He said he felt like he was going  to die every minute. Parker and his men depended on each other for survival because you see they were four Slaves ordered by there master to fight for the Confederates.

The Confederates had a problem in trying to force the Slaves to fight, they were in the fight physically but they were pulling for the Union  Troops to win.The only way to keep the Slaves fighting were the fear of being shot by there White officers.

Slavery did not figure into the first Battle of Bull Run, but infact the Battle loosened the bonds of Slavery. The Battle reveal that both sides saw the Slave as a Military Asset.When the North saw Black Slaves fighting at Bull Run The US Congress in August 1861 passed the Confiscation Act.   Blacks fought on both sides in the American Civil War.

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War I was going to write only on the Battles, but I soon found out that the Black Slave and the Freeman Soldiers was in every Battle of the American Civil War.

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The first Battle of Bull Run. .

This was the first major battle of the American Civil War. The confederates call the battle the first Manassas.

Just months after the start of the war at Ft Sumter, the northern public clamored for a march on the Confederate capital in  Richmond Virginia. The north believed that this attack would bring the south back into line. The Union General at the time was reluctant to move against the South, because he knew his inexperience troops were not ready for battle.. However General Irvin Mcdowell finally yielded to Political Pressure, and moved his troops South. The Confederate troops was just as inexperience as the Union troops. None of these men on either side had ever seen  real combat.

The Generals who faced off in this battle was General Irvin Mcdowell for the Union, and General P.G.T Beauregard for the South.

On the morning of July 21, 1861 Mcdowell sent two divisions from centerville Virginia at 2.30 am, at 5.15 am a Union brigade fired a few artillery shells across confederate lines. By 11.30 am the Union troops were winning Three brigade had collapsed  the Confederate lines sending them in a disorderly retreat. Bad luck  and bad judgement  ruled the day. Fortunately for the Confederates Mcdowell did not press the attack.

By 12 noon Beauregard had received support . By 3 pm the tide was beginning to turn in favor of the Confederates. At 4 pm the last Union troops were pushed back. Also at 4 pm two Confederate brigades arrived from the Shenandoah Valley . The Confederates now pushed there lines forward the Union lines crumble and they began to retreat. The retreat was at first orderly up to the Bull Run crossing, a wagon was overturn and this incited  panic. The Officers tried to rally the troops but it was to late.They were now running back to Washington.

At this point the Confederates could have fought there way into Washington DC, but they were disorganized, and sober to the fact that the battle was so brutal . Both sides realized that this would be a long and Bloody War

Citizens from Washington came out and treated this Battle as a sporting event.Citizens from both sides were there. They were not prepared for what they saw. The Union citizens surely was not prepared for what they saw. No Union citizen thought they would see there troops running like scared rabbits

One thing that we learned from the first Major Battle of the civil war, was neither side was prepared for so much death, and Blood. Both side now settle down for a long war.

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The Anaconda Plan.

After the Confederate's fired on Fort Sumter.  And the Civil war was officially on the Union had to come up with a plan for defeating the Confederates. General-in-Chief Winfield Scot came up with the Anaconda Plan, the Plan emphasized the Blockade of Southern ports. In April 1861 the US was hardly in shape to fight a Sea and ground War. Ship Building had to be rushed in order to get ships in place for the blockade. I read that the regular Army had  no more than 2600 active duty Soldiers. So President Lincoln was caught between a rock and a hard place. The South had there Problems. For one There geography was hard to defend. The Mississippi river ran through the South and poured into the Gulf of Mexico . General Scot knew that if the Union Control the east cost and the Mississippi river they could win the War. The South had the best Generals, but the North had Factories and could reproduce , goods faster. Besides all Slave States did not declare secession. Four Slave States, Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri did not leave the Union. Also in June 1861 the western part of Virginia  refused to leave the Union, and the State of West Virginia was born. This would be a very confusing war.

Men from every State in the Union, except South Carolina fought on the side of the Union.This war would pit Brother against Brother. Father against Son. And Families  against Families.

Free Blacks ran to fight for the Union, Slaves abandon the Plantations and flock to Union lines. At the beginning of the War the Union Generals would send the Slaves back to the Plantations.

 However later Union Generals realized by letting the Slaves through there lines that they were hurting the South by taking there labor.

Free Blacks and Slaves fought and served the Union Army on behalf of there Freedom There is one other thing I must say the North and the South Fought this war for two different reasons.

The North wanted to save the Union. The South wanted to preserve, and expand Slavery.

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The Shooting war Starts

On April 12,1861 the American civil war Begin's. A Federal supply ship was sent to resupply Fort Sumter in the Charleston South Carolina Harbor. President Lincoln alerted the State that the Ship was coming hoping to avoid hostilities. South Carolina feared a trick and ordered the Commander of the Fort to surrender, he replied only after his supplies were exhausted, his offer was rejected. Then at 4.30 pm Confederate Troops fired on Fort Sumter. General P.G.T Beauregard Commander of Confederate Forces around Charleston Harbor open fire on the Union Garrison. At 2.30 pm April 13,1861 Major Robert Anderson Commander of Fort Sumter Surrendered.

Well the White Slave Owner who for 400 years had made so much money off of Slavery, who had Raped Killed, Bought and Sold Human Being, and Branded them like Cattle. Has now himself  open the door to end Slavery The Black Slave had suffered so much under 400 years of Slavery in America.

This would now be the Bloodiest war ever fought on American Soil. We will never know how many Black Slaves lost there life's between April 1861-April 1865 we do know that 180,000 Free Blacks and Slaves Fought on the Union side. A figure of 50,000 Troops Union and Confederate lost there Life's

We will move from April 1861-April 1865, and after this war is Fought The Black Slave will be Free from Slavery.

I am a 66 year old black man living in America, I have worn the uniform of this Country,  I am and American Vet. I believe The only way we as Black American will ever be Free is Education, so many of us are uneducated about our History. If you knew your History you would understand how to Combat White Supremacy thinking in 2013.

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On The Eve.

Well we are up for the Shooting to began in the American Civil War. We are now up to April 1861.

But before we get into Open Warfare in America, lets look back to how we got to this point. From 1501 up to April 1861 Greed, Money and Power drove America. There was a great demand in Europe for cotton, Sugar,  and indigo for dye. Black Slaves were introduce to America around 1520. At first Blacks worked alongside White Indentured Servant.But by  1660 the economy Started getting better in England. So White Servant stop coming to America. The White Plantation owner needed Labor lots of Labor.At first they turned to the American Indian, White Owners had problems with the Indian, the Indian did not take to field Labor and since they knew the land they could just run away. So the Owner turn to the Black African Slave. The African Slave was easy to identify  because of skin color, and plus the African Slave did not know the land, and had a hard time running away

By 1660 the American Colonies enacted White Supremacy Laws, making Slavery in the American Colonies Permanent. With the Black Slave during all the Labor the White planter/Politician  became quite wealthy. It was boom time in the Colonies. The demand for American goods in Europe was overwhelming. From the 1660 up until 1760 life was good, a lot of money came into the colonies. However by 1760 things began to Change in the Colonies England wanted more Taxes from the Colonies, and the Colonies began to grumble


 Taxation without representation was not setting well in the Colonies. In 1774 and act happen in England that made the American Colonies quite uncomfortable. A Black Slave sued for his freedom in English Court and won. This open up a avenue for the Black Slave to gain his freedom in a English Court. And since the American Colonies were govern by English Law you can see how this proceeding made the Colonies quite nervous. With higher Taxes being imposed on the Colonies, and the thought that A slave could sue for his or her freedom, became unbearable for the White Planter/Politician. So after 1774 the talk of breaking away from England grew louder. By 1775 open rebellion  started against England. England sent solders to quell the rebellion, this made it worst there were no turning  back, the American Colonies wanted Freedom from England.

 In the summer of 1776 Planter/Politicians met in Philadelphia to write the Constitution  Some of the wording that was put in the Constitution was that the importation of the African Slave would continue for another 20 years.



  Words were put into the Constitution like all men are created equal, and Men were born  with enabling rights

 The majority of the men in that room that summer were Slave Owners, and a lot of them were having sex with there Black Slave Women. The Constitution that we live by today was written By Slave Owners.

England was not fully prepared to fight a war with the American  Colonies, so the word went out from English General Lord Dunsmore  to all Slaves in the American Colonies join the fight against the Americans and you will be freed. The response was overwhelming South Carolina lost 34% of there Slaves. Other Plantations had to hire arm guards to keep the Slaves working. In the American Revolution The Black Slave Fought on Both sides. A lot of Slaves were Freed during the American Revolution, A great many follow the English To Canada along with American Loyalest  After the war things started changing in America All Northern States Freed there Slaves By 1795 Slavery was dying out on the East Cost, however in 1797 the Cotton Gin was invented and there was a great demand for Slaves in  Southern States. Whites in Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida and the Carolina's , had Cleared all the land of Indians Killing, Raping, are




 shipping Them west. And the Indians tried so hard to be like the White Man. They even own Slaves.


But the Whites only wanted there land, and Sex from there Women. By 1810 the demand for slave Labor was so great that free blacks were being kidnap off of Northern Streets.  By 1830 President Andrew Jackson came into office to Solve the Indian problem east of the Mississippi River. Indians were rounded up and sent on the trail of   tears to the Oklahoma  Territory. Those who fought back were killed.

By  1840 Slavery was a way of life in America, And the city of New Orleans  was a major hub in the Slave trade. Throughout the 1840s  up until 1860 if you were against Slavery you were considered radical

1850 Compromise started America down the path to civil war. The Compromise stated that

Texas give up the Arizona and New Mexico Territory, and be admitted as a Slave State Maine was brought in as a free State. One provision that upset a lot of people was the writing in of the Fugitive  Slave Act. Which Stated that any one could be Prosecuted if they harbored any Slaves

In pass Blogs I have spoke on The Kansas-Nebraska Act . and Senator  Stephen A Douglas and John Brown These two men  because of there action sent America into civil war. Well that's it.

We have now come to open warfare in America.


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