I once found a great excerpt about how horrified Northern soldiers were by the brutality of the South and how they were more than happy to raze the entire place. I can't find it now.
Does anyone have any books or documents they can recommend?
I once found a great excerpt about how horrified Northern soldiers were by the brutality of the South and how they were more than happy to raze the entire place. I can't find it now.
Does anyone have any books or documents they can recommend?
I don't think this is exactly what I'm looking for, but sounds fantastic nonetheless.
It's a very good read, and it highly sourced meaning you can follow those sources to find something closer to what you're looking for.
These articles and letters were focused on the bigger picture, but there are dozens of speeches and declarations from internationalist working class organizations that are referenced. Many of them containing more personal language about the war and the overall aims of the working class seeking to abolish the institution of slavery as well as the institution of wage labor.
These organizations tended to provide the largest amounts of troops to the Unionist movement and we're in direct opposition to the Unionist leadership (something that was so poor that Engels was worried they'd just scuttle the war due to negligence and incompetence). In the end it was these groups that secured a victory against slavery.