After major Union victories at the battles of Gettysburgand Vicksburg in 1863,President Abraham Lincoln began preparing his plan for Reconstruction toreunify the North and South after the war’s end. Because Lincolnbelieved that the South had never legally seceded from the Union,his plan for Reconstruction was based on forgiveness. He thus issuedthe Proclamation of Amnesty and Reconstruction in 1863toannounce his intention to reunite the once-united states. Lincolnhoped that the proclamation
The Civil War changed the lives of women by finally giving them the chance to have a bigger role in their communities. Women were able to take on mens' jobs and roles, be spies in the war, and even dress up as men and fight in the war.
