Quick Fire: Why might people voluntarily enlist in the military in a time of war?
Analysis of Primary Sources When is it from? Who is the intended audience? Why do you think it is being issued? What are some of the incentives that it is offering? What might recruits be attracted by? Why might they be attracted?
"The colored population is the great available and yet unavailed of force for restoring the Union." - President Abraham Lincoln Did Lincoln say this before or after the Emancipation Proclamation? Why?