Incorrectly implies that it is an insignificant blip
Because he believed war made him more mature, like he thought men were. He probably thought boys wouldn’t have the courage to do what he was doing.
It was primarily groups of Americans and immigrants who wished to start new lives on farms and other rural projects who moved to the west, since during this period of migration there were very few established towns in which to work.
would it be the Freedmen's Bureau?