How did the War Department respond when a racial incident in Spartanburg, South Carolina, led black soldiers of the Fifteenth New York Infantry to threaten to “shoot up” the town?
a. It kept the Fifteenth in Spartanburg under close supervision to prevent any violence from occurring.
b. It court-martialed and executed five members of the Fifteenth who were believed to been the leaders of the threatened action and dishonorably discharged the rest.
c. It moved the Fifteenth to a new camp in Illinois, leading other white southerners to demand the removal of black troops from their own communities.
d. It rushed the soldiers of the Fifteenth overseas, making them the first black combat troops to reach the front.
d. It rushed the soldiers of the Fifteenth overseas, making them the first black combat troops to reach the front.
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