African American soldiers in the Civil War numbered around 180,000. This made up about 10 percent of the Union Army.
they were in the war
No, it was not manda tory for African-Americans to serve the Union Army. All African- Americans did this on their own free will.
serving as soldiers
It allowed many African Americans from the South become free and join the Union's army.
Of the 2,5 million men who served in the Union army in the civil war; a total of 186,000 were African Americans. (about 7%)About 36,000 died.The Medal of Honor was award to 25 of them.
In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
They were spies and joined the army.
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they were in the war
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
Yes, the Emancipation Proclamation, issued by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863, permitted African American men to enlist in the Union Army. Following the proclamation, many African Americans joined the fight for their freedom and the preservation of the Union. Their participation was significant in bolstering Union forces and changing the dynamics of the Civil War.
African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Many, many thousands of people joined the Union army.
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They sometimes grew food for the Union army
They sometimes grew food for the Union army
The Emancipation Proclamation led to the freeing of slaves, some of which joined the Union Army (helping the Union, partly, to prevail in the Civil War). European countries did not support the South in the American Civil War. International support for the North in the American Civil War increased. More African Americans in the south joined the union army.