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The Militia Act of 1862 (12 Stat. 597, enacted July 17, 1862) was an Act of the 37th United States Congress, during the American Civil War, that authorized a militia draft within a state when the state could not meet its quota with volunteers.
The Militia Act paved the way for the Emancipation Proclamation, but it also illustrates inequality and reflects perspectives of white supremacy.
23 Μαΐ 2018 · O n July 17, 1862, Congress passed the Militia Act, calling on the president to employ "persons of African descent" in military or naval service. This was, importantly, a change in policy. At the start of the Civil War, the War Department refused to accept blacks who volunteered for the Union army.
10 Ιουν 2024 · President Abraham Lincoln signed the Militia Act of 1862, into law on July 17, 1862. Among its provisions, the Militia Act of 1862 authorized Union forces to recruit men of African descent, and it opened the door for implementing compulsory military service.
The Militia act of July 1862 authorized the President to employ black people on behalf of the Union war effort as laborers and soldiers.
How would border-state slaveholders and their slaves be affected by this law? Use evidence from Sections 12 and 15 to explain the assumptions Congress made about African-American soldiers when drafting this law. At the time, white soldiers were paid $13 per month with no deductions for clothing.
The Militia Act of 1862 is a law enacted during the American Civil War that allowed African Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers. The act empowered the U.S. President to employ persons of African descent in military or naval service.
