Farris
4 hour
African American soldiers had a hard time in the war. Whites had a hard time to but blacks were treated harshly by the whites. Most black soldiers were escaped slaves who served in segregated units inder white officers. Black soldiers served a decent roll in the civil war. They served in all non combat support functions that sustain an army as well like arpenders cooks nurses surgeons and more. Black units and soldiers that were captured by the confederates faced harsher treatment than white prisoners of the war. In 1863 the confederate congress threatens to punish captured union officers of black troops and enslave union soldiers. Black soldiers didn't get paid much. They got paid