The Union Army as an Educational Institution for Negroes, 1862-1865

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ID4048840
AuthorsJohn W Blassingame (corresponding author)
Year1965
Volume34
Issue2
Pages152
Publication date1965-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Negro Education (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-2984 • E-ISSN: 2167-6437
PublisherJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/2294350
OpenAlexW2334551558
LanguageEN
Citations received6

Despite the catastrophe of Hiroshima and limited wars in Korea and Vietnam, the Civil War was undoubtedly America's most unparalleled military, political, and social experience. The American Civil War led to many tactical and strategic innovations in warfare and weaponry: repeating rifles, machine guns, extensive trenches and fortifications, land mines, torpedoes, ironclad ships, an organized military signal service, a military draft, the Congressional Medal of Honor, the national income tax, and the systematic use of Negro troops. On the political front, seven Union officers later became presidents of the United States (Andrew Johnson, Ulysses Grant, Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, Chester A. Arthur, Benjamin Harrison, and William McKinley). Perhaps the most significant innovation of the Civil War was the institution of a national welfare program to aid and educate the oppressed, destitute, and illiterate Negro.1

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