Black Soldiers In The Civil War

Three weeks before the war ended the Confederacy eventually added slaves to their army in exchange for their freedom, but were not able to go into action. Their slaves did not want to fight to preserve slavery. Roughly 186,000 African Americans fought in the Civil War overall (Boyer 449).

Have you ever fought for something you believed in? There was a war where many states that were fighting for their rights and what they believed in. They all had different opinions, but many states fought together to become stronger. Texans fought in the Civil War because their love for Texas and their family, for states’ rights, and to protect the slaves.

Black soldiers fought at Milliken's Bend, LA; Port Hudson, LA; Petersburg, VA; and Nashville, TN. At the battle on Fort Wagner the 54th Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers lost half of their troop and two-thirds of the officers. Sixteen black solders were awarded with the Medal of Honor.

Black soldiers suffered racism treatment from their white officers. They had the men to turn away because of the federal law, saying banned negroes from fighting in the war. African American played a significant role in the civil war by serving in the union and the confederate sides, they helped the union defeat the south. 1/3 of all African Americans who enlisted lost their lives. In spite of their many hardships African Americans soldiers served the Union Army well and distinguished themselves in may battles. African American were important to the Army and to the Navy, by helping them fight of what they believe was the right thing, even though most blacks were mistreated and dealt with racism they still helped out the Union. More than 9,000 black seamen in the U.S. navy added to the union’s strength as did thousands of others who served in the military support position. The federal program admitted about black soldiers during the civil war was not without precedent or resistance. African American soldiers had taken part in the country’s defense since the revolutionary war and the war of

The black soldiers in war were the African-Americans in the rebel states, who were slaves in the south. They were allowed into the army when Lincoln signed the Emancipation Act of 1962.The black soldiers provided relief and support roles such as cooking and built roads bridges but did not participate in full combat until late towards the end of the war (Smith 2002, pp 47-66).

About 180,000 African American people comprised 163 units that served in the Union Army, during the time of the Civil War, and many more African American people had served in the Union Navy. Both the free African-Americans and the runaway slaves had joined the fight. On the date of July 17, in the year of 1862, the U. S. Congress had passed two very important acts that would allow the enlistment of many African Americans, but the official enrollment had occurred only after the September, 1862, issuance of the, Emancipation Proclamation. In general, most white soldiers and officers, had believed that most of the black men, who had served in the Civil War, lacked the courage, and the will to fight

One of the first black regiments in the Civil War was the 54th Massachusetts. These men who fought were African Americans that were born free, not freed slaves. They battled the South bravely in an attempt to end slavery. The president of the Union, Abraham Lincoln was a hero to the slaves he had freed. The 54th Massachusetts’ first big battle was and attack on the Confederate Battery Wagner. Although they did not win the battle, the regiment proved that they were brave and

African and American severed in the war. The war on both union and confederate side. There was over 179,000 African American men that served in the union army war. The president Abraham Lincoln was accepting black men into the military would cause the border states like Maryland, Kentucky. Black men were permitted in the late 1862.

African Americans were a very important addition to the American Civil War such as fighting and spying for both the north and the south sides. The American Civil War was a war fought in the United States between the North and South states. The war was from 1861-1865 and was because the South wanted to establish itself as a separate nation. The northern states were called the Union and the southern states were called the Confederate. Between the north and south states were the Border States, which did not belong to either of the sides. The Border States included Maryland, Delaware, West Virginia, Kentucky and Missouri. In the north, slavery did not exist but the south was the opposite. In the war, the north and south states fought against each other while the Border States were neutral. Before the war and during the war, African Americans were treated very unfairly compared to white people. This essay will examine how African Americans were treated before, during and after the Civil War.

Over the years, the African American race has greatly evolved from having a lack of individual freedom to having their own sense of individuality. There have been many different events in America that has played some part in the evolution of the black race. After the Civil War, most of the races in America were seen to have separate freedom, but as the years progress African Americans were one of the many to stand up and obtain their individuality. In the process of obtaining individual freedom, there were many events that played important roles in this particular process. The African American race was seen to evolve during slavery, Civil Rights, and modern day. Each of these significant times, African Americans’ went from the struggle to becoming successful in the end.

The fights at Fort Wagner and throughout the war increased the enlistment of blacks into the Union Army. Historians differ in the actual number of blacks in the Union Army. There are many discrepancies on the true number of African Americans in the Civil War. McPherson reported that by the end of the war approximately 190,000 blacks had served in the Union Army and Navy, while Wilson notes that there were 300,000 black soldiers and 166 regiments and Horton believed there was 250,000 black soldiers and sailors.

Throughout history African Americans have had is bad in the United States. First they went through slavery which lasted about two hundred year and was ended around the Civil War which was in the 1860s-1870s. Next after they went through slavery they went through the law of Jim Crow that started after the Civil War which stated, “Separate but Equal”, and that was not the case because African Americans were still treated as second class citizens. After about ninety years around the 1960s Dr. Martin Luther King came on the scene with the civil rights and helped abolish the Jim Crow. Things were good for African Americans for about ten years or so, and then Nixon become president and started a war on drugs. This war was not meant for drugs, it was meant for African Americans. They felt the force that was brought on due to the war on drugs because it was a way to oppress the like in the past. And once again black people were second class citizens.

“Approximately 180,000 African American soldiers took up the call to fight for the Union, comprising more than 10% of all Federal forces. Knowing that a Northern loss could mean possible re-enslavement, freemen and former slaves showed dedication to their country and a commitment to the freedom of their people forever.

During the birth of the Moorish Science Temple of America, the south was home to the racial discrimination, segregation, and the Jim Crow laws. This made it nearly impossible for Blacks to function properly in the south. Being intimidated, brutalized, and murdered, blacks were struggling to stay clear of the racism that controlled the south. Jobs was hard to come by. Some black southerners were forced to work as part of the sharecropping system.1 Barely any opportunities ascended during these harsh times but these conditions would soon come to past for many black southerners.

The African Americans were used in non combat roles by the Confederate and Union armies because extra men and women were needed for the jobs supporting the army when there wasn't enough support. These jobs were feeding livestock and soldiers, providing and manufacturing ammunition, and being nurses and doctors, and building and fortifying walls (African). The livestock and soldiers ate and drank a lot and needed to be fed and have food prepared for them. Ammunition was used profusely by soldiers, and it needed to be made and distributed rapidly, so that the soldiers would not run out of ammunition. The soldiers got injured and killed very often and usually hospitals were packed. The hospitals needed extra nurses and doctors because they could not keep up with all of the death and injury. The Confederate Army used their slaves to build and fortify walls. The Union army would hire African Americans and Whites to build and fortify walls. Both armies used African Americans as messengers, and if a messenger was found by the other army, they could lose very valuable information, and their life. Messengers were usually not used by the Confederate army, because they were not trusted; The Confederates believed the slaves would run off to the north with valuable information. In Conclusion, non combat roles played a big role in the outcome of the civil war because the Union trusted the African Americans to do their