Same war, different day.

When African Americans finally won the right to fight in the Union army, they immediately discovered that they would not be treated as the equals of white soldiers. The issue of soldiers' pay, in particular, was a frustrating and degrading one for black soldiers. African American soldiers received only three-fifths of the pay of white soldiers. Some refused to take any money until the pay was equalized, despite the hardship this caused the soldiers and their families. others, such as Sergeant William Walker, took an even stronger stand. Walker, an escaped slave, and other black men in his 3rd South Carolina Infantry (Colored) announced that they were "not willing to be …