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![The Gallant Charge of the 54th Mass. [colored] regiment of the rebel works of Ft. Wagner... July 18, 1863.](https://cybercemetery.unt.edu/archive/oilspill/20121108222446im_/http://www.americaslibrary.gov/assets/aa/douglass/aa_douglass_war_1_m.jpg)
This picture is titled, "The Gallant Charge of the 54th Mass. [colored] regiment of the rebel works of Ft. Wagner... July 18, 1863"
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Douglass's Role in the Civil War
African Americans were ready and willing to fight in the Civil War, but President Lincoln and Union leaders were not sure how they felt about enlisting black troops. By 1860, Douglass was well known for his efforts to end slavery and his skill at public speaking. During the Civil War, Douglass was a consultant to President Abraham Lincoln and helped convince him that slaves should serve in the Union forces and that the abolition of slavery should be a goal of the war.
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