Theses: how were the African Americans treated differently than white Americans?The change reflected the widespread belief among whites that black soldiers were simply not worth as much as white soldiers. In June 1863, Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton received the legal advice that the Militia Act of July 17, 1862, authorizing the enlistment of blacks into military units at the same rate of pay as black government laborers, regardless of rank, had established the wages for black soldiers in the Union army. Despite all earlier promises, black soldiers would not receive equal pay until the summer of 1864.

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