History Minute (065): Black soldiers were vital to the success of the North.

Per Zinn:

• 200,000 blacks fought in the army and navy of the North.
• 38,000 were killed.
• Historian James McPherson observed:  "Without their help, the North could not have won the war as soon as it did, and perhaps it could not have won at all."

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A People's History of the United States

Howard Zinn