s and became soprevalent that Lincoln could not ignore it(1). Lincoln was caughtbetween a rock and a hard place. On one hand the reality wasobvious that the war was not going to end and that the UnionArmies needed more man power. On the other, Lincoln knew thatthe public was not ready to see the Black Man armed and used as asoldier. Being the keen politician that Lincoln was he made asmall step towards the inevitable. Lincoln declared a "generalarming" could be used to employ the Blacks in security measuresso they could further protect the lines of the Union Armies(1). This was the official beginning in the progression of the BlackMan to becoming a soldier in the Civil War....
