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Absolute precision with numbers in the Civil War is impossible for either side. Numbers given are the best estimates resulting from careful scholarship. That said the best guess is that around 180,000 blacks served in the Union Army, out of a probable total of 2.1 million, so they were something less than 9% of the total army. 1800 black soldiers are recorded as having died in the service, or about .5% of all Union dead, which were in the 360,000 range. This figure of dead black soldiers is probably low. The precise number who served can never be given with certainty because the Union army counted enlistments, and some men enlisted more than once.

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The Union was able to take advantage of Afro-Americans willing to serve in the Union's Civil War efforts. When this practice was instituted, approximately 189,000 Blacks had officially served in the North's military operations.

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By the end of the war, almost 180,000 African Americans had served in the regiments of the U.S. Colored Troops, providing around 10% of the Union army totals.

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The blacks who served in the Union Army were called the United States Colored troops, and paid less than white soldiers. There were approximately 180,000 black soldiers in the Union Army.

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no i think they stayed on the plantations growing Cotton (which because out of state country's found cheaper cotten) just kept piling up. (your welcome)

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Few, if any I would have thought.....

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yes they did

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200,000

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