Because very few people on either side believed in black equality, only in freedom from slavery.
Because they were being discriminated against.
The number of black Union troops is usually given as 180,000, out of about 2.1 million total Union troops.
Yes, they were still largely discriminated after the war. SC made several laws, after the federal government withdrew troops, keeping balcks from voting. The KKK also were widespread, founded by a Confederate general named Forrest who was a racist. Lynching and job discrimination was also widespread.
Florida contributed goods and troops to the Civil War. About 5000 troops from Florida joined the Confederacy in the Civil War.
The small northern state that was the first to issue a call for black troops was Massachusetts. This occurred during the US Civil War.
The small northern state that was the first to issue a call for black troops was Massachusetts. This occurred during the US Civil War.
Nearly all of the Black troops in the Civil War fought for the Union. Most were in Black regiments (often with all white officers) but some regiments had Black soldiers mixed in with whites. In the last few months of the war, militias around Richmond and Charleston forced Blacks to fight for the South but this was not a very smart or effective thing to do for pretty obvious reasons.
Yes. Over 53,000 did before the war was over. Many just followed the Union troops and the was a all black regiment in the war.
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Approximately 2.5 million to 2.75 million Union troops served in the American Civil War.
Black troops were far more diciplined then white troops for starters. Sadly enough, black troops were mainly used for manual labour, even in the union army. If you want to know more, you can google just about anything regarding the 54th Massachusetts