Question

What did the militia act mandate

Answer 1

The Militia Act of 1862, 12 Stat. 597, enacted July 17, 1862, was legislation enacted by the 37th United States Congress during the American Civil War that allowed African-Americans to participate as war laborers and soldiers for the first time since the Militia Act of 1792.


There u go

Answer 2

That African Americans be accepted into the Union military.