General Order No. 143
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1863 directive authorizing the creation of African- American regiments of the U.S. Army
General Order No. 143 was an 1863 military directive of the
1st South Carolina Volunteers and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment had already begun recruitment and training, the order issued May 22, 1863, directly created a new designation among regular U.S. Army regiments: United States Colored Troops
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References
- ^ Cornish (1965) p. 130.
Bibliography
- Cornish, Dudley Taylor. The Sable Arm: Negro Troops in the Union Army, 1861–1865. New York: W.W. Norton, 1965.
External links
- Images of the official order at Ourdocuments.gov