Answer: It is important that we learn from our mistakes and can try to not repeat the same mistakes.
Explanation:
The Confiscation Acts themselves did not do much but laid the legal and social groundwork for the Emancipation Proclamation which would come in the following year.
Lincoln was able to capitalize on the reaction to the Confiscation Act to feel comfortable enough to push forward the Emancipation Proclamation, which applied to all slaves in rebel held territory.
Only 600 were left standing in what was one of the costliest battles in the pacific front. The japanese were the most affected with heavy casualties and suicide cases.