In 1862, Congress passed a law to allow African Americans to join the Union Army.
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African Americans could not join until after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Approximately 180,000 African Americans comprising 163 units served in the Union Army during the Civil War, and many more African Americans served in the Union Navy. Both free Africans Americans and ... The Black Civil WarSoldiers of Illinois: .