Trivia 1-2-18 True or False

[Trivia Master]

True or false:

In October, 1863, black Union Soldiers finally received pay equal to that of white Union Soldiers.

credit: @chellers

 

[Wallyfish]

False.

Equal pay was granted to black soldiers by Congress on June 15, 1864.



http://www.freedmen.umd.edu/equalpay.htm

Nice read here.
http://www.blackpast.org/1864-rev-j-p-campbell-give-us-equal-pay-and-we-will-go-war

 

[BlueNGrey]

False.
Equal Pay
In early June 1864, Private Sylvester Ray of the 2d U.S. Colored Cavalry was recommended for trial because he refused to accept pay inferior to that of white soldiers. Later that month, Congress granted equal pay to the U.S. Colored troops and made the action retroactive.

https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war/equal-pay.html

 

[Hawkeye Brehm]

False

 

[sjw83071]

false

 

[Jimklag]

True or false:

In October, 1863, black Union Soldiers finally received pay equal to that of white Union Soldiers.

credit: @chellers

False. Congress passed equal pay legislation in 1864 - June I think.

 

[MRB1863]

False
In June 1864 Congress granted equal pay to the U.S.Colored Troops

 

[truthckr]

false . In June 1864 Congress granted equal pay to the U.S. Colored Troops and made the action retroactive. Black soldiers received the same rations and supplies. In addition, they received comparable medical care.

 

[Eleanor Rose]

False

 

[captaindrew]

False, not till summer of 64

 

[cl73]

False, I reckon it was later than this.

Edit - You reckoned correctly, cl73. Welcome to the trivia game.

Hope you'll come back and play again.

hoosier

 

[SWMODave]

False
June 15 1864 the enrollment act was passed, increasing colored soldiers pay to equal white soldiers and backdating to January 1 1864

SEC. 2. And be it further enacted, That all persons of color who have been or may be mustered into the military service of the United States shall receive the same uniform, clothing, arms, equipments, camp equipage, rations, medical and hospital attendance, pay and emoluments, other than bounty, as other soldiers of the regular or volunteer forces of the United States of like arm of the service, from and after the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-four; and that every person of color who shall hereafter be mustered into the service shall receive such sums in bounty as the President shall order in the different states and parts of the United States, not exceeding one hundred dollars.

Source

 

[Brenal]

False.
" Black soldiers were initially paid $10 per month from which $3 was automatically deducted for clothing, resulting in a net pay of $7. In contrast, white soldiers received $13 per month from which no clothing allowance was drawn. In June 1864 Congress granted equal pay to the U.S. Colored Troops and made the action retroactive.
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/blacks-civil-war

 

[cl73]

Probably nearer the end of the war

 

[Waterloo50]

True or false:

In October, 1863, black Union Soldiers finally received pay equal to that of white Union Soldiers.

credit: @chellers

False, that didn't happen until June 1864.

 

[JOHN42768]

False. In June 1864, Congress passed a bill equalizing pay retroactive to January 1, 1864, for all men who had been free at the start of the war. The Enrollment Act of March 3, 1865, finally granted full and equal back pay for all black soldiers.
Source: https://www.encyclopediavirginia.org/United_States_Colored_Troops_The#start_entry

 

[GELongstreet]

False.

 

[Copperhead-mi]

False.
"In June 1864, Congress passed a bill equalizing pay retroactive to January 1, 1864, for all men who had been free at the start of the war. The Enrollment Act of March 3, 1865, finally granted full and equal back pay for all black soldiers."
Source - Encyclopedia Virginia - United States Colored Troops

 

[TinCan]

False, June 1864 was the date.

 

[Mike Serpa]

False