1863
Congress allowed black soldiers to join the Union Army in July 1862, with the passage of the Second Confiscation and Militia Act. This act authorized the military enlistment of African Americans and paved the way for the formation of the United States Colored Troops (USCT).
The black Union soldiers of the Civil War ate what everybody else ate, one of the meals were stewed donkey meat.
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The buffalo soldiers were the black soldiers in the Union army who helped settle the west by fighting against the native Americans.
58 IMPROVEMENT In all 178,975 blacks soldiers served in the Union Army.
At first there were no black soldiers fighting for the union until later on during the war.
The black Union soldiers of the Civil War ate what everybody else ate, one of the meals were stewed donkey meat.
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Union Soldiers were sent to enforce the right of black men to vote
The confederacy used some, but mostly in menial and support jobs. The Union had many more black soldiers, and many of them were fighting soldiers. Moreover, the (white) commander of the first black regiment had forced the Government to put black soldiers on equal pay with the white soldiers.
Union Soldiers were sent to enforce the right of black men to vote
fort where black Union soldiers were massacred after surrendering
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The buffalo soldiers were the black soldiers in the Union army who helped settle the west by fighting against the native Americans.
The number of black Union troops is usually given as 180,000, out of about 2.1 million total Union troops.
they were viewed as men who were all equal. they were a big help too the union army.