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The Militia act of July 1862 authorized the President to employ black people on behalf of the Union war effort as laborers and soldiers.
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.
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.
African Americans and the Civil War. Militia Act, July 17, 1862. Download PDF Resource. Courtesy of Library of Congress, "Chap. CCI - An act to amend the Act calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasion..." U.S. Congress, pp. 597-600, 17 July 1862.
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.
13 Ιουλ 2023 · But, even with the discrimination in pay, the Militia Act of 1862 was a remarkable assault on slavery. Throughout the Confederacy—and in the loyal slave states—the U.S. Army could recruit slaves to fight for the nation and against slavery.
An Act to amend the Act calling forth the Militia to execute the Laws of the Union, suppress Insurrections, and repel Invasion, approved February twenty-eight, seventeen hundred and ninety-five, and the Acts amendatory thereof, and for other Purposes.
