AMERICAN CIVIL WAR 1861 1865
THE EMANCIPATION PROCLAMATION
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Refused to use African-American soldiers in any capacity.
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Refused to use African-American soldiers in combat positions.
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Paid black and white soldiers equally.
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Required black recruits to remain segregated from white troops.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Volunteers began to respond, and in May 1863 the Government established the Bureau of Colored Troops to manage the burgeoning numbers of black soldiers. By 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 in the Navy.
Detailed explanation-2: -During the Civil War, black troops were often assigned tough, dirty jobs like digging trenches. Black regiments were commonly issued inferior equipment and were sometimes given inadequate medical treatment in racially segregated hospitals. African-American troops were paid less than white soldiers.
Detailed explanation-3: -Many of these men were unofficially allowed to enlist in the Union Army. After President Abraham Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, Jan. 1, 1863, Black Soldiers were officially allowed to participate in the war.