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=== Post-Civil War<br> === | === Post-Civil War<br> === | ||
*After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref | *After the purchase of Alaska from Russia in 1867, the US Army assigned a small number of African Americans to keep the peace. <ref>Black Heritage Sites: The South. Page 31.</ref> | ||
=== Reconstruction Era (1868-1878) === | === Reconstruction Era (1868-1878) === | ||
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