because he wanted them to be free
yes
Abraham Lincoln was the President of the Union Army.
Putnam
US President Lincoln believed that General George B. McClellan could have easily supported and reinforced Pope's Army of Virginia. Lincoln and members of his cabinet believed that McClellan was trying to purposely allow Pope's troops to face a defeat.
Tennessee seceded from the Union after President Lincoln was elected and began raising an army. =]
Blacks had been serving in the US Army since the Civil War, but always in racially segregated units. As President, Harry S. Truman desegregated the Army by executive order, and thereafter blacks and whites served in units together.
Abraham Lincoln was president during the entire war. As president, he was Commander-in-Chief of the union army and navy.
cause they wanted to fight for freedom
The president of the Union. The commander-in-chief of the Union Army.
The Union Army din't destroy Lee's Army. TAK3 TH15 L1F3!
The Union allowed blacks to serve in the army. The Confederates did not allow slaves to fight in combat so they only used blacks for non-combat issues such as servants.
The Union allowed blacks to serve in the army. The Confederates did not allow slaves to fight in combat so they only used blacks for non-combat issues such as servants.