High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Though the American Civil War (1861–1865) started as a war to prevent the literal segregation of the North and South, it soon became a fight of the eradication of the institution of slavery. African American enlistment played a pivotal role in the Civil War. Though the Confederacy had laws prohibiting the integration of the army, many African Americans were enlisted regardless. These African Americans served as musicians, cooks, guards, and soldiers for the army. African Americans could not legally serve in the Confederate army until the south was desperate for manpower. The Union army legally enlisted blacks after July 17, 1862. Many blacks fled to the north to achieve freedom and fight against their southern oppressors. The Union utilized many blacks as soldiers and other workers. In both armies black soldiers were seen as expendable and were often sent out on the front lines of dangerous battles. African Americans played an important role...

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