History of the Civil War in 10 Battles, Part 19: African Americans in Uniform

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History Unplugged

Society & Culture, History

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🗓️ 4 December 2018

⏱️ 60 minutes

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As the Civil War came to an end, a big question remained for the North and eventually the reunited United States. What would become of its African-American residents? Would they be given full legal rights or only partial? This question was largely answered by the contributions of African-Americans in uniform. Scott and James talk about their story in this episode.

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0:55.0	Welcome to the History Unplugged Podcast.
1:00.0	The unscripted show that celebrates unsung heroes, myth busts historical lies,
1:06.0	and rediscoveres the forgotten stories that changed our world.
1:11.0	I'm your host, Scott Rank.
1:18.0	Hi everyone. Welcome back to our series on the most important battles in the Civil War.
1:23.0	We begin with the Overland campaign in the last episode.
1:26.0	Grant thought that the army of the Potomac would be able to take on the army of Northern Virginia
1:32.0	and defeat Lee in due course maybe after a few weeks.
1:36.0	The Grant's credit, he kept pressing and progressing, where most other generals would have stopped and retreated after a battle.
1:43.0	Grant keeps going.
1:45.0	But the death toll continues to mount.
1:48.0	Grant is losing an average of 2000 soldiers a day.
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