BOL! No wonder the BLMers and Dems don’t want to discuss this historical event.
“United States Colored Troops fought in every major campaign of the war’s final two years.”
The article is incorrect on this point. General Sherman would not allow black troops (USCTs) to serve in his armies.
No black troops marched with Sherman through Georgia to the sea. Nor did any march with him through South Carolina and North Carolina.
Lincoln only proclaimed that slaves were free in states & territories that were in armed rebellion with the U.S.