Civil War regiment of black soldiers saluted
Kansas Sen. Jim Lane , who also was serving as a senior Union officer during the Civil War, came up with the idea of forming a fighting unit of runaway slaves in 1862.
"Even President Abraham Lincoln thought it was a bad idea,” said Bruce Fisher , Oklahoma Historical Society staff member and Civil War re-enactor. "Nobody knew what would happen to these guys in battle. Would they run? Could they learn complicat...
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