From the Atlanta Tribune:

SEPTEMBER 25 1861—The Secretary of the Navy authorizes the en­listment of free Blacks and slaves as Union sailors in a bid to help the North win the Civil War against pro-slavery South­ern Whites who had proven more difficult in battle than the North had originally expected. 1962—In another one of those instances demonstrating the tenacity […]

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