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Supervisory Committee

Supervisory Committee

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In 1863, after the creation of the Bureau of Colored Troops, Union League members formed the Supervisory Committee for the Enlistment of Colored Troops to recruit, fund, and organize Black regiments for the Union Army. From establishing Camp William Penn to creating a Free Military School to train officers, the committee oversaw the raising of eleven regiments whose service and heroism, including fourteen Medals of Honor at New Market Heights, helped redefine military leadership and citizenship during the Civil War.

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