What did African Americans do during the US Civil War?

Answer 1

The Emancipation Proclamation stated that African-American men willing to fight "will be received into the armed service of the United States." After the Emancipation Proclamation, blacks rushed to joined the Union Army. At the end of the war, there were nearly 180,000 black soldiers in the Union Army.

Answer 2

-They were slaves

-They also served for the Union, even though in the beginning of the war, Lincoln did not allow it because he was afraid the Border States would secede and join the Confederate states.

secede- to leave

Answer 3

• in the beginning they snuk into the army's playground and were caught and thrown out. however they were soon aloud to join and some as Sargent's. some jobs that they were forced to do where the dirty, tough, and painstaking jobs that the white men were to good to do so they had to get them done.

Answer 4

The role of the African Americans during the civil war was mainly slavery but them being slaves they would be used in the civil war.They would fight in the civil war.

Answer 5

they were guides and spies and helped other African Americans escape slavery

Answer 6

During the US Civil War, Blacks/Afro-Americans fought for the Union and numbered about 350,000. The South authorized Black soldiers in early 1865. The number is difficult to estimate.

Answer 7

They were spies and joined the army.

Answer 8

Many joined Union military units.