[geeks] I just saw...

[Mike Meredith]

On Sat, 11 Nov 2006 21:43:46 +0200, Geoffrey S. Mendelson wrote:
> control. It really was a move to allow the Union Army to march into
> town, free the slaves and then conscript them. They were not allowed
> to fight, but someone had to dig the latrines, haul things, etc.

Some were allowed to fight :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/54th_Massachusetts_Volunteer_Infantry
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Colored_Troops

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