Black+Troops+in+the+Civil+War

Black Troops in the Civil War As the Civil War (1861-65) entered its second year, people increasingly began to argue that African Americans should be allowed to enlist in the Union Army. Would allowing African Americans to enlist: • Help shore up the flagging manpower of the Union army as white soldiers were killed or their enlistment periods ended? (PRO) • Alienate the Border States, pushing them into joining the Confederacy against the Union? (CON)

pro: facing a shortage of soldiers, and blacks are a ready source of manpower. If the union does not use black men in the army,the south will end up employing them against the north.

Con:No that is not proven. Black's have no place fighting in the war it is a fact that black's are not brave enough to fight

PRO: they were brave and as able to fight as the whites.suppoorters claimed that a number of blacks had already proved their value in units raised by union commanders.

Con: This would only turn war into one against slavery rather than one about restoring the union, which would divide the norht and the south to the extent that the union could never be healed.