PHYS 2001 Lecture : Recitation Exercises Week 4
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North, enslaved in south: another: one black casualty spared a white one. Chapter three: recruiting the officers: they hoped highly qualified/intelligent officers would help enhance black troops. Chapter four: filling the ranks: donning the union uniform excited black soldiers and symbolized their elevated status, they wondered if they"d be treated like white soldiers, whites wondered if they"d act like soldiers. Chapter eight: leaving their mark on the battlefield: despite the outstanding performance of black soldiers at port hudson, Innate savagery : they did this to instill fear in southern blacks so they wouldn"t enlist and exhibiting their prowess . In the last years of the war, black soldiers started making their presence felt. Important: all of this mistreatment drew black soldiers closer to their white officers. Union army: attitudes of white troops and civilians changed because they realized how much the black soldiers and white officers had on the line, some even admired them.
