Did the white soldiers have a problem with the fact that they had to go out and fight on the front line while the black soldiers were back building the forts and cooking the food?
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
Blacks in the Army
I am truly surprised that it took the army as long as it did to allow blacks to enlist. One would think that they would want all the man power possible. Even if they were not thought of as the smartest people I would assume that the concept of point and shoot would be easily understood. Even if they did would not win battles, they would still be able to weaken southern divisions.
Full rights as citizen
I noticed that we covered in class that African Americans were offered full rights as citizens if they were to serve in the Army for the Union. I was curious as to how much truth there was to that because it seems to be somewhat far fetched with my post war knowledge.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
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