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In the article “A Gallant Rush for Glory”, the author William C. Kashatus explain the big part

African Americans played in the Civil War. In 1792 a law was made to exclude African

from serving in the war. On July 17, 1862 congress passed the confiscation act allowing all

slaves of rebel masters free as soon as they came into union lines . Congress also repealed the

1792 law. Because this law was no longer in action hundreds even thousands of African

Americans joined the war. Shaw, Montgomery, and Higgins were men that led many great raids

with the African Americans regiments. They may lost the battle at Fort Wagner, but by being

in this war the gained a lot of respect , showed their courage , and their love for the U.S. It was

a huge honor for William Carney to be the first African American to receive a medal of honor.

The author’s purpose in writing this article was to show how important African Americans

were in the Civil war. To inform people that read this article that African Americans were not

just slaves but people that were willing to risk their lives for us. Their regiment leaders had to

go through so much to having to deal with the fact that most whites did not a prove of their

participation in the civil war as African American leaders. To shows the readers that they

earned the right for freedom and the respect.

If you read this article it is very clear that the author made his point about African

Americans and the civil war. Even though they had a lost at the end, the author touches on

every other aspect on the civil war containing African Americans. In my opinion William

Kashatus did a very good job on explaing the big role African Americans plated in the Civil