They were often used to build fortifications, and other non-combat tasks such as occupation and foraging. They routinely were denied the opportunity to face the CSA in combat, and were often even denied weapons and ammunition. Many, even the vast majority wanted to prove themselves in combat, prove their equal ability, prove their equality on the battlefield, prove their equality as men. They knew the risks of being captured. They volunteerd to join the Union Army, they put pressure on their white commanders to get them into action and endured. With Honor. With Glory.
They faced greater hardships because they were fighting for their own freedom. Also, because until a point the African American soldiers received less pay then all of the white soldiers. This couldn't have made them want to work very hard. They were treated harsher, and pushed harder.
Even though the US Army wanted blacks to fill the ranks of their army, many commanders did not trust them to fight. So many were used for manual labor; transportation, construction and hard labor.
Also blacks were accepted into the army but very few were allowed to serve as Sergeants and none were allowed to be an Officer.
African American soldiers were treated way differently than white soldiers. They were paid less than white soldiers, and received fewer supplies. Blacks were not treated as equals among the ranks of the Union Army and were often teased.
The black soldiers were not treated or paid equally. At first the black soldiers were paid as laborers.
They elected officers
No, they were not allowed to vote.
The Second Battle of Fort Wagner took place during the Civil War. It's significant in that it was led by the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, a unit made up of black soldiers, who proved themselves to any who doubted their capability.
it was a very hard bread that the soldiers of civil war ate when they had no other food!
South Carolina's early hardships included Indian hostilities. The Native American Indians of this region were more hostile to the first settlers than others to the north. There was also strife later on when North and South both wanted to have outposts there during the Civil War.
the three hardships are finding food, healing wounds, and shelter.
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Not enough boots to go round. It was considered acceptable to strip dead soldiers of their boots.
soldiers had to sleep in the cold and were hungry and desperate. even the women have to sleep outside and camp near loved ones
Black cavalry soldiers in the Civil War and later periods of history were referred to as "buffalo soldiers." This was in reference to the coarseness of their hair, in comparison to that of a bison.
The black Union soldiers of the Civil War ate what everybody else ate, one of the meals were stewed donkey meat.
family back home,and seeing people die right in front of you for the first time
The unit was known as the Buffalo Soldiers.
Between 180,000 and 200,000 black soldiers fought in the Civil War.
Because most of the fighting happened in the South, and the Union naval blockade ruined the Southern economy.
Between 180,000 and 200,000 black soldiers served in the Union Army during the Civil War.
No. Black soldiers have been in the US military since the Civil War, and there are records of black soldiers serving even in colonial times.