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DESCRIPTION:May 22, 1863 is the birth of the Bureau of United States Colored Troops. 
 \n1,918 USCT were enlisted from California, according to the African 
 American Civil War Museum in Washington D.C.  \n\n“Once let the black man 
 get upon his person the brass letter, U.S., let him get an eagle on his 
 button, and a musket on his shoulder and bullets in his pocket, there is no 
 power on earth that can deny that he has earned the right to 
 citizenship.”\n\n-Frederick Douglass\n\nRoughly 10% of the US Army and 
 25% of the US Navy were men of Pan African Ancestry, both free and enslaved 
 who helped preserve the Union and end chattel slavery throughout 
 America.\n\nGeneral Order 143 was issued on May 22, 1863, which created the 
 Bureau of United States Colored Troops. Regiments accepted into the Union 
 Army would receive a numerical name based on their order of 
 organization.\n\nThe order also organized recruiters for these regiments 
 and that officers would not be African American men. White men would 
 command regiments some were Whites from abolitionist families who 
 volunteered to lead the regiments while others volunteered to advance their 
 careers.\n\nDespite sometimes poor leadership, and pervasive racial 
 prejudice, the USCT proved themselves worthy of praise.\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/05/21/18876679.php
SUMMARY:Birth of United States Colored Troops Bureau - May 22, 1863
LOCATION:California State Capitol - Civil War Grove\nSacramento, CA
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2025/05/21/18876679.php
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