Finding paragraph #1

After researching for the past two weeks, I have discovered many things about the Civil War that I had no clue about. One of my questions were, "Did the slaves who joined the war make the difference in the outcome of it?", which was answered through the research period of the project. It turns out that slaves during the Civil War played a huge role in both sides. Twelve percent  of the Union soldiers were black slaves and joined them to help end slavery. However, some slaves joined the Confederacy because their owners forced them to. The slaves that joined, though, helped make it easier on the Southern side and Northern side for different reasons, both of which were dangerous, of course. The slaves who joined the Confederacy were sent ahead of the other troops, mainly to patrol for land mines along the roads. The slaves on the Northern side, however, were treated with much more respect. They fought along side the Union and maybe helped secure the win they required to end the war. This was very interesting to learn during my research and I hope than i can find out much more about this period in our history.