KnowraUnited States Colored TroopsLinked fromLinked fromThe 9 pages that link to United States Colored Troops, each with the reason it gives.All 9Broader topic 2Related 3Compared with 4Frederick DouglassRelated: Douglass recruited Black soldiers and argued that military service strengthened claims to citizenship.Emancipation ProclamationBroader topic: The proclamation explicitly opened Union military service to Black men.Robert E. LeeCompared with: Their service for emancipation contrasts with Lee’s command of a Confederacy founded to preserve slavery.Union ArmyBroader topic: Their enlistment expanded Union manpower and made emancipation a direct military policy.Army of Northern VirginiaCompared with: Their service underscores the opposing armies’ stakes in emancipation and slavery.Confederate States ArmyCompared with: Their service sharply contrasts with the Confederacy's defense of slavery and its late, limited arming proposals.Army of the PotomacRelated: Black troops joined the army’s forces during the war’s final campaigns.Nathan Bedford ForrestCompared with: Black Union troops were among those killed after Fort Pillow, exposing the racial stakes of Forrest’s campaigns.Battle of Cold HarborRelated: Black Union troops fought at Cold Harbor, suffering heavy losses in a later assault on Confederate works.