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Blacks also participated in the Union Navy during the American Civil War.
Many were enslaved blacks who escaped to Union lines.
About 18, 000 blacks were sailors with Union forces.
They were recorded and are part of the National Park Service's War Soldiers & Sailors System ( CWSS ) ( see External link below.
) Upon entering office, President Woodrow Wilson segregated the United States Navy.
Before this, the Navy had never been segregated.
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