Yes. In fact, watch the movie "Glory" (starring Matthew Broderick) about the first all-black union infantry unit in the US army.
As for the Confederacy, they were more reluctant, but eventually approved using black soldiers as the Confederacy was vastly outnumbered by the Union soldiers and Union-made weaponry.
the african americans were still in slavery during the civil war
The Union and Confederacy needed more troops after loosing many during all the battles.
The Union and Confederacy needed more troops after loosing many during all the battles.
Many African-Americans took up arms for their country. (Both for the Confederacy adn the Union.) For example, the 54th Massachusetts was a well-known all Black regiment. The African-American men that fought for the Confederacy were also promised freedom.
Yes. Salve owners let there slaves go out to war.
African Americans
African Americans
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
You might say that the American Civil War was a war between two factions of whites or European Americans, but it was certainly relevant to African Americans, since the Confederacy intended to perpetuate the practice of holding African Americans as slaves, while the Union intended to discontinue that practice (and did so, after winning the war).
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