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title: "Which was the first state to allow people of color to form regiments in the Union army?"  
description: "Which was the first state to allow people of color to form regiments in the Union army?"  
author: "Rivera fuller"  
published: 2018-05-26  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/43037/which-was-the-first-state-to-allow-people-of-color-to-form-regiments-in-the-union-army  
category: "history, politics & society"  
tags: ["usa history"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Which was the first state to allow people of color to form regiments in the Union army? 

Which was the first state to allow [people](https://www.mindstick.com/news/2295/more-people-need-to-monitor-this-crucial-metric-for-heart-health) of [color](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/77/how-to-split-form-background-color-in-c-sharp) to [form](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12549/show-gridview-record-from-one-form-to-another-form) regiments in the [Union](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1510/union-example-in-sql-server) army? \
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