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When more and more liberated slaves had attached themselves to the Union armies, where they were used as civilian labour.
Presently, white troops saw that it would speed their promotion if blacks were used to fill up the junior ranks of the army.
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How old did you have to be to enlist if you lived in the North in the civil war?
The Union Army took men over the age of 18 during the Civil War
Did free blacks join the union at the beginning of the civil war?
yes
Why did African Americans want to enlist during the civil war?
The civil war was about slavery so aferican Americans would enlist to fight for their freedom
Who did blacks help in the civil war?
KFC
What was the name of the confederate and union Civil War?
The civil war was the name of the war?
What did Frederick Douglass urge Northern blacks to do during the war after 1863?
Enlist in the Union army.
How old did you have to be to enlist if you lived in the North in the civil war?
The Union Army took men over the age of 18 during the Civil War
Did free blacks join the union at the beginning of the civil war?
yes
How did the blacks contribute to the civil war?
blacks contribute to the civil war by being part of the war many of them died on the side of the union because the union was against slavery and most of them wanted to be free and have rights. More black people volunteered to be in war than whites
How many blacks served in the union army durning the civil war?
About 180,000-200,000 blacks, two thirds of them former slaves served in the Union armies.
What was the relationship between whites and blacks during the civil war?
Bad in the Confederacy but not bad in the Union. In fact, the Union liberated many blacks and used black soldiers.
Blacks in the Civil War?
There were a considerable amount of them in the union army there were none in the confederate army as the northern states declared war over the south's enslavement of the blacks.
What campaign was used to win the war and equal rights for blacks in the US?
The Civil War. The North was the Union and the South, the confederacy.
Why did African Americans want to enlist during the civil war?
The civil war was about slavery so aferican Americans would enlist to fight for their freedom
What was the biggest reason that blacks were allowed to enlist early in the war?
They needed manpower.
What was the most common reason in the civil war you would desert?
In the Union army - because you could re-enlist and claim a large bounty.
Did most blacks leave the south after the civil war?
No, most blacks did not leave the south after the civil war.
