In 1865, most if not all soldiers in the civil war were brought peace from the end of the war. Permanent units in the army were dispersed out of service. Former southern soldiers returned to their rural fields and farms. Southerners had endured far-reaching changes due to confederate defeat. Slavery being abolished is definitely what led to the conflict between black people trying to embrace the importance of their freedom from white people's control.
Source: America's Reconstruction. 2003. (web). 2014
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/exhibits/reconstruction/section2/section2_intro.html
Source2: Civil War. (web). 2014
http://www.civilwar.com/overview/soldier-life/148559-life-after-the-civil-war.html
Cumberland Landing, Va. Group of "contrabands" at Foller's house
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000055/PP/
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