â¢ INSIPID (adjective). The adjective INSIPID has 4 senses: 1. lacking taste or flavor or tang. 2. lacking significance or impact. 3. lacking interest or significance. 4. not pleasing to the sense of taste. Familiarity information: INSIPID used as an adjective is uncommon. INSIPID (adjective). The adjective INSIPID has 4 senses: 1. lacking taste or flavor or tang. 2. lacking significance or impact. 3. lacking interest or significance. 4. not pleasing to the sense of taste. Familiarity information: INSIPID used as an adjective is uncommon.
While the Civil War began as a war to restore the Union, not to end slavery, by 1862 President Abraham Lincoln came to believe that he could save the Union only by broadening the goals of the war. Students can explore the obstacles and alternatives America faced in making the journey toward a more perfect Union..
Nearly 180,000 free black men and escaped slaves served in the Union Army during the Civil War. But at first they were denied the right to fight by a prejudiced public and a reluctant government. Even after they eventually entered the Union ranks, black soldiers continued to struggle for equal treatment.