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The Civil War & Reconstruction

#451- TEN DOLLARS A MONTH

The Civil War & Reconstruction

Richard Youngdahl

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4.84.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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In which we look at the pay inequality between black and white soldiers in the Federal armies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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podcast. In November 1863, Sergeant William Walker of the 3rd South Carolina infantry took dramatic

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action to express a grievance shared by thousands of black troops in the Union Army.

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The 23-year-old former slave, as court-martial specifications later documented,

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quote, did unlawfully take command, end quote, of Company A and march the troops to his commanding officer's

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tent.

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There he ordered them to stack arms, and when asked what this meant, replied,

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We will not do our duty for $7 per month.

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Walker refused an order to return to duty and told his company, quote, to let their arms alone and go to their

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quarters.

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They did and, quote, thereby excited and joined in a general mutiny.

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