The condition of the African-Americans in the Reconstructed South
after the war remained almost the same as before. Superficially it might look
that their conditions improved, but “Black Codes” were made to keep dominating
the Afro-Americans. Under this code taxes were levied on the free Blacks that
tried to join any other profession except agriculture. This law also restricted
their opportunities of renting lands or possessing guns. This was another kind
of slavery that the African-Americans had to go through during this phase.
Soldiers were drilled in infantry tactics, usually based upon a manual written before the war by West Point professor William J. Hardee (Rifle and Light Infantry Tactics: for the Instruction, Exercise and Maneuver of Riflemen and Light Infantry, published in 1855).
This is a complex issue, but the main reason why the cherokees were forced to move even though the supreme court ruled in their favor was because states ignored the court.
