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In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
They enlisted in the Union Army
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Approximately 180,000 African Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free Africans Americans and ... The Black Civil WarSoldiers of Illinois: .
African American soldiers in the Civil War numbered around 180,000. This made up about 10 percent of the Union Army.
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
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they were in the war
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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They sometimes grew food for the Union army
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
No, it was not manda tory for African-Americans to serve the Union Army. All African- Americans did this on their own free will.
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
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