Come and Join Us Brothers. Published by the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments 120 Chestnut Street Philadelphia published by P. S. Duval & Sons, Lith.

P.S. Duval & Son Lith. · 1864 -1865

Besides freeing all slaves held in areas of the United States under rebellion, the Emancipation Proclamation also allowed for black men to enlist in the United States Army. Around 190,000 African-Americans fought for the Union and made up one tenth of the entire Federal Army. Their successes in battle dispelled existing arguments that black men could not be trusted to bear arms. Despite this, they were only paid half as much a white soldiers, were often assigned menial tasks, and provided inferior clothing and medical care. The U.S.C.T. suffered an extremely high casualty rate, and 40,000 perished by the war’s end.