PatYoung
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While the enlisted men of the USCT were Black, the officers were white. Many men applied to become officers, some because they were abolitionists and others because it offered an opportunity for promotion. I found this notice from the officer receiving applications for the USCT in which he said, effectively, that No Racists Need Apply.
"It is the aim...to make colored troops equal" Black Troops in Tennessee March 1864 - The Reconstruction Era
In 1863 the Union Army began to actively recruit African American men for the United States Colored Troops (USCT). While enlisted men in these regiments...
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