- Joined
- Apr 4, 2017
Shiloh National Military Park:
"African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
Most historians agree that the cause of the Civil War was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict. This issue was not clear, though, to many of the participants who were fighting to preserve the Union or to defend their homeland.
The first free African American to volunteer in the Civil War were Confederates in New Orleans, who may have been anxious to protect their homeland or preserve their own standing in the society of New Orleanian Creoles. When Governor Thomas Overton Moore issued pleas for troops on April 17 and April 21, 1861, they responded forming a new regiment, the Louisiana Native Guard, by May 1861. Governor Moore appointed three white officers as commanders of the regiment, and company commanders were appointed from among the Creoles of the regiment. The militia unit was the first of any in North America to have officers of color, preceding the United States Colored Troops..."
"African-American Soldiers in the Civil War
Most historians agree that the cause of the Civil War was the economics of slavery and political control of that system that was central to the conflict. This issue was not clear, though, to many of the participants who were fighting to preserve the Union or to defend their homeland.
The first free African American to volunteer in the Civil War were Confederates in New Orleans, who may have been anxious to protect their homeland or preserve their own standing in the society of New Orleanian Creoles. When Governor Thomas Overton Moore issued pleas for troops on April 17 and April 21, 1861, they responded forming a new regiment, the Louisiana Native Guard, by May 1861. Governor Moore appointed three white officers as commanders of the regiment, and company commanders were appointed from among the Creoles of the regiment. The militia unit was the first of any in North America to have officers of color, preceding the United States Colored Troops..."
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