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The Militia Act of 1862 boosted the size of the Union's armed forces by authorizing the enlistment of African-Americans and by empowering the president to order governors to draft citizens into state militias to meet federal manpower quotas.
Background, Congressional Action, Content of the Act, African American Enlistment, the Aftermath https://www.americanhistorycentral.com/entries/militia-act-of-1862/ The Revolutionary Summer of 1862:How Congress Abolished Slavery and Created a Modern America https://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2017/winter/summer-of-1862 |