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Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War
Publisher: McFarland & CoInc
Language: English
Book Format: Paperback::270 pages
ISBN10: 0786416971
Publication City/Country: Jefferson, NC, United States
File size: 20 Mb
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Dimension: 157.99x 231.14x 16mm::381.02g
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Download PDF Black Union Soldiers in the Civil War. On May 22, 1863, the War Department issued General Order No. 143 to establish a procedure for receiving African Americans into the armed forces. The order created the Bureau of Colored Troops, which designated African American regiments as United States Colored Troops, or USCT. the end of the Civil War, roughly 179,000 black men (10% of the Union Army) served as soldiers in the U.S. Army and another 19,000 served The 54th Massachusetts Early in February 1863, the abolitionist Governor John A. Andrew of Massachusetts issued the Civil War's first official call for black soldiers. More than 1,000 men responded. They formed the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the first black regiment to be raised in the North. Fighting for Freedom, Black Union Soldiers of the Civil War. On March 2, 1863, eminent abolitionist and former slave Frederick Douglass sent out this powerful message in his newspaper, Douglass Monthly. Titled "Men of Color, to Arms!
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