Many negro slaves found asylum in Federal forts or in working for Federal troops. Many also enlisted in the United States Colored Troops regiments. Free blacks in the north had their own regiments, notably the Massachusetts 54th Infantry.
The most famous was the Massachusetts 54th. It had two of Fredrick Douglasses sons on it.
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The web address of the African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation is: www.afroamcivilwar.org
American Civil War
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Frederick Douglass and harriet Tubman
There were many African American troops in the US Civil War. By 1865, one in ten Union Soldiers was African American. An estimated 40,000 African Americans died in the war.
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The officers were white, but the non-commissioned officers and troops were African American.
Approximately 2.5 million to 2.75 million Union troops served in the American Civil War.
African American Civil War Memorial was created on 2004-10-27.
yes the African American civil war regiment
After the Civil War African-Americans controlled churches first.
They fought all throughout the French War. They are North African troops.
George Washington Williams has written: 'The Negro as a political problem' 'An open letter to His Serene Majesty Leopold II' 'A history of the Negro troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-65' -- subject(s): African American Participation, African American soldiers, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865 'A history of the Negro troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865' -- subject(s): Accessible book, African American Participation, African Americans, History, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Participation, Afro-American
Frederick Douglas
The web address of the African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation is: www.afroamcivilwar.org
War is more fair than it is civil, imo