Thirty-seven thousand African American servicemen gave their lives as Union soldiers in the U.S. Civil War, a rate of loss about 40 percent higher than that among white soldiers. Why did black soldiers fight and die so fiercely?

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African American soldiers fought fiercely because the freedom of their race was at stake, they hoped to gain civil rights, and capture by rebel forces posed a greater threat to them than to white soldiers.

Thirty-Seven Thousand African American Servicemen Gave Their Lives as Union