Transcript Blacks Role in the Civil War on the Northern Side

United States Colored
Troops
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Start of the War
 Blacks were allowed to join the Union army when the war
started, but not as combat troops
 Many of them drove wagons, built forts, or cooked food
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Emancipation Proclamation
 On January of 1863 President Lincoln issued the
Emancipation Proclamation
 This freed slaves from all slave owning states
 It also allowed blacks to serve in the Union army as combat
troops
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54 Massachusetts
 Commanded by Robert Shaw
 One of the first regiments to serve in battle
 In July of 1863, Shaw’s troops invade Fort Wagner
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Fort Wagner
 The 54th regiment invaded Fort Wagner
 1,700 rebel forces were waiting for them
 Nearly half of the regiment killing during the battle including
Shaw
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After the Battle of Fort Wagner
 Confederate troops threw remaining bodies into a mass
grave
 This was to show the amount of disrespect for blacks
 Shaw’s parents said “that there could be no holier place to be
buried than surrounded by…brave and devoted soldiers.”
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m/2014/04/11/remember-fortpillow/?_r=0
Fort Pillow
 Confederate forces attacked Fort Pillow (which was originally
theirs)
 Goal was to cut Union supplies
 General Forrest invaded the fort and overran it quickly
 Most of the Union soldiers surrendered
 Rebel forces continued to massacre the federalist who were
mainly black
 Over 300 killed
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Battle of Honey Springs
 1st Kansas held center of Union lines
 Exchanging heavy fire, confederates broke and ran
 The regiment pushed forward within 50 steps of the Rebels
 20 minutes into the engagement the confederates retreated
 Confederate General Douglas Cooper says never had he
seen such fighting done by a negro regiment
Pay
 Blacks were paid $10 per month with a $3 deduction for
clothes
 White soldiers were paid $13 per month with no deduction for
clothes
 This did not change until June of 1864
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blog/2014/05/150thanniversary-battle-ofnew-marketreenactment
Battle of New Market
 September 29, 1864 Black Union forces under heavy fire
 Charged up the mount
 After an hour received many casualties
 14 black regiment member received the Medal of Honor
Black POWs
 Black troops that were captured were treated much more
severe than captured white troops
 Black troops were threatened to be thrown into bondage
 White officers that trained black troops were executed
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Fall of Richmond
 In April of 1865, Richmond fell to the Union
 Confederates accidently set the city on fire
 The United States Colored Troops were among the first
Union regiment to help put the fires out
 Blacks went from not able to serve in The Civil War to
becoming a major impact on the outcome
Works Cited
 Bibliography
 "African Americans In The Civil War." History Net Where History Comes Alive World US
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 "Black Soldiers in the Civil War." National Archives and Records Administration.
Accessed November 25, 2015. https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civilwar/.
 "African Americans in the Civil War: History & Facts - Video & Lesson Transcript |
Study.com." Study.com. Accessed November 25, 2015.
http://study.com/academy/lesson/african-americans-in-the-civil-war.html.
 "The 54th Massachusetts Infantry." History.com. Accessed November 25, 2015.
http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/the-54th-massachusetts-infantry.
 "Emancipation Proclamation." National Archives and Records
Administration. Accessed November 25, 2015.
https://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/eman
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 "History of Colored Troops in the American Civil War." History
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November 25, 2015.
http://americancivilwar.com/colored/histofcoloredtroops.html.