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How did Section 12 amend the original 1795 militia law, which was "an act to provide for calling forth the Militia to execute the laws of the Union, suppress insurrections and repel invasions; and to repeal the Act nor in force for those purposes"?
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.
1862 law that allowed African American soldiers to serve in the Union military 54th Massachusetts Regiment all-black unit led by Union Colonel Robert Gould Shaw during the Civil War
The Militia act of July 1862 authorized the President to employ black people on behalf of the Union war effort as laborers and soldiers.
23 Μαΐ 2018 · Militia Act (1862) Daniel W. Hamilton. On 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.
13 Ιουλ 2023 · Unlike the Emancipation Proclamation, the Militia Act combined with the Second Confiscation Act undermined the loyal slave states as well as the Confederacy. The war was now clearly a crusade against slavery.
History and law concur in showing that the militia is an Anglo-Saxon institution. They also show beyond question that, as such, the militia from its obscure origin in Saxon times has been composed of all subjects and citizens capable of bearing arms, regardless of age or parental authority.
