All of the following are true statements about African American participation in the Civil War EXCEPT:
A)free blacks and escaped slaves were admitted into the Union Army early in the war.
B)the Emancipation Proclamation included a statement that blacks would be admitted into the Navy.
C)eighty percent of the African Americans who enlisted in the Union Army were runaway slaves.
D)black soldiers served in segregated units and received half the pay of white soldiers.
E)some historians believe that black soldiers helped tilt the war's outcome toward Union victory.

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Free blacks and escaped slaves were not admitted into the Union Army early in the war. The official policy allowing African Americans to serve in the Union Army was not established until the issuance of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863. Prior to this, there was significant debate and reluctance within the Union regarding the arming of black men.

All of the Following Are True Statements About African American