General Order No. 143
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General Order No. 143
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General Order No. 143 was an 1863 military directive of the United States War Department which authorized the establishment of a bureau regulating the recruitment, training and organization of the U.S. Army's first regiments composed entirely of African-American soldiers. While state-raised units like the 1st South Carolina Volunteers and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment had already begun recruitment and training, the order issued May 22, 1863, directly created a new designation among re
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1863 directive authorizing the creation of African- American regiments of the U.S. Army
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Order_No._143
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2023-08-29T01:09:46Z
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