Militia Act of 1862

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:citation 12 Stat. 597
gptkbp:dateEnacted July 17, 1862
gptkbp:effect authorized payment for persons of African descent serving in the military
allowed the recruitment of Black soldiers in the Civil War
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:historicalName gptkb:American_Civil_War
gptkbp:location gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:purpose to allow African Americans to serve in the Union Army
to authorize the President to call state militias into federal service
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Emancipation_Proclamation
gptkb:Confiscation_Act_of_1862
gptkbp:repealedBy gptkb:Militia_Act_of_1792
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:Abraham_Lincoln
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:African_Americans_in_the_American_Civil_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Militia Act of 1862