NGS News Magazine 31 #3 (July-August 2005): 19-23.Īpproximately 186,000 African Americans served in the United States Colored Troops volunteer cavalry, artillery, and infantry units during the Civil War. Tracing African Americans during the Civil War. The regiments included cavalry, artillery and infantry. Many USCT regiments originated as state militia units before 1863. ( War Department General Order 143) The enlistment of free blacks and slaves was considered a key to winning the war. The United States Army began to organize African Americans into regimental units known as the United States Colored Troops (USCT) in 1863.
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