Though the 15th amendment highlighted race, color and previous condition of servitude, women felt gender should have been included in the amendment. They helped abolitionists gain rights so they felt they should too
The Battle of Gettysburg represented the final effort of General Robert E. Lee to invade the north. He knew that if he could win major battles on northern soil, that the Confederacy would gain legitimacy and respect while damaging the Union resolve to fight.
