Sea Change Union General Orders No. 143, issued on May 22, 1863, is one of the war’s most important but little-known documents. The order laid out nine points establishing a bureau for “the organization of Colored Troops” and began the process of recruiting and forming black regiments commanded by white officers. Former slaves were transformed …
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