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July 28
A congressional act authorized six regiments of troops to be manned by African-Americans. The regiments created were the 38th, 39th, 40th, and 41st Infantry and the 9th and 10th Cavalry.

The 14th Amendment (ratified by Congress July 9, 1868), granting citizenship to blacks, was adopted on this date in 1868.

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