Transcript African-Americans in the Military

January 1, 1863
 The
_____________________
__________takes effect.
 President Lincoln’s
Emancipation
Proclamation declares
that all slaves in
Confederate states will be
free.
 Lincoln invites ______
_____________________
to enlist
Inequality in the Army
 Black soldiers were
initially _____________
from which
___________________au
tomatically deducted for
clothing, _____________.
 In contrast, white soldiers
___________________fr
om which no clothing
allowance was drawn.
June 15, 1864
 Congress raises the pay of
black soldiers to make it
equal to that of whites.
Slaves built the U.S. Capitol building in Washington D.C.
March 3, 1865
 Congress passes a
resolution to
____________
________________ of
African-American
soldiers.
A slave family in South Carolina, 1862.
Photo courtesy Library of Congress.
March 13, 1865
 The Confederacy
approves arming slaves as
soldiers. But only if as
their masters approve.
April 9, 1865
 Civil War ends.
 Over _____________
____________________
had served in the Union
army
 More than __________
____________________
had died.
African-American Impact
 By the end of the Civil War, roughly
179,000 black men (_________________
_______________________) served as
soldiers in the U.S. Army and another
19,000 served in the Navy. Nearly
______________
_____________________died over the
course of the war—30,000 of infection or
disease.
African-American Impact
 Black soldiers served in artillery and
infantry and performed all noncombat
support functions that sustain an army, as
well. Black carpenters, chaplains, cooks,
guards, laborers, nurses, scouts, spies,
steamboat pilots, surgeons, and teamsters
also contributed to the war cause.
African-American Impact
 Black women, who could not formally join
the Army, nonetheless served as nurses,
spies, and scouts, the most famous
being __________________________.