Black History Month - Day 13

Black Soldiers in the Civil War Meet the "Lost Cause"

Picture of Black Soldiers Who Fought in the Civil War (photo from the African-American Civil War Museum)

I don’t recall learning about the heroic efforts of Blacks in the Civil War. It was never taught and it was never emphasized the role that over 200,000 people of color played to both end the institution of slavery which was the primary cause of the wa…