Trivia 7-10-17 Fight Together

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According to Frederick Douglass and many SCV websites, it was as many as 3,000 "Black Confederates" at the Battle of First Manassas, July 21, 1861, which I find to be hogwash, but for my legitimate answer I'm going to go with the Ist Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry at the First Battle of Cabin Creek, July 1-2, 1863

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"The First Kansas Colored was assigned to escort Union supply trains south to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). When a large force of Texans attacked their supply train at Cabin Creek, the unit successfully protected the train. This marked the first time that black and white troops fought together."
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Please change my answer to First Battle of Cabin Creek (Oklahoma; July 1-2, 1863.) The First Battle of Cabin Creek is described here http://www.okhistory.org/sites/cabincreek as follow: .....was an attempt by Confederate forces under Colonel Stand Watie to capture a Federal supply wagon train. The Federal troops were commanded by Colonel James Williams whose force consisted of the Third Indian Home Guard and the 1st Kansas Colored Volunteer Infantry and units from Colorado, Kansas, and Wisconsin. Watie's troops contested the ford but were driven off by artillery fire followed by infantry and cavalry charges.

But it is this information that supplies the answer to your Q:

"The First Kansas Colored was assigned to escort Union supply trains south to Indian Territory (present-day Oklahoma). When a large force of Texans attacked their supply train at Cabin Creek, the unit successfully protected the train. This marked the first time that black and white troops fought together."
https://www.kshs.org/kansapedia/african-american-civil-war-soldiers/15122
 
ANSWER: First Battle of Cabin Creek, July 1-2, 1863.

SOURCE: http://www.okhistory.org/publications/enc/entry.php?entry=CA001
Hoosier has final say as I see there are a lot of different answers floating around.

Edit - Here's my ruling.

The Oklahoma History website cited as the source supporting the official answer states in regard to the First Battle of Cabin Creek, "At this engagement the men of the First Kansas Colored Infantry held the distinction of being the first African American soldiers to fight alongside white troops.” So this is supported by a legitimate source.

There were numerous other engagements in which African American soldiers participated prior to the First Battle of Cabin Creek. I can't find any sources stating, in so many words, that the African American soldiers fought alongside (or side by side with) white troops at any of these battles. However, in every instance there were white soldiers in the vicinity. I also think Schwallanscher's argument (that, since the African American units were led by white officers, there were always whites fighting in any action where African American units were involved) has a great deal of merit.

Therefore, I am going to give credit for a correct answer to anybody who named the First Battle of Cabin Creek (which took place July 1-2, 1863) or any of the other battles prior to that date in which African American troops were involved. This includes the actions at Island Mound, Township Landing, Port Hudson, and Milliken's Bend.

I am not going to give credit for a correct answer to those who named the battles of Grimball's Landing, Honey Springs, or Fort Wagner. All of them took place after the First Battle of Cabin Creek, so they cannot claim to be the first battle in which African Americans and whites fought together.

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