Question

Write a journal entry from the point of view of someone living in Baton Rouge right after the Civil War ended. How are you feeling? What do you see/hear/smell? What happened to you and your family during the war?
If you answer you get 100 pts

Answer 1

These troops symbolized the most dramatic of the changes Louisiana witnessed during the war—the ending of slavery. In 1860, Louisiana possessed 331,726 slaves, which were 46.8 percent of the state's population (and 59 percent of the population outside of New Orleans). Emancipation came unevenly to the state.