<Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> USCT </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> United States Colored Troops </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> An USCT recruiting poster </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Active </Th> <Td> May 22, 1863--Oct 1865 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Disbanded </Th> <Td> October 1865 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Allegiance </Th> <Td> Union </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Branch </Th> <Td> Army </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Type </Th> <Td> infantry, cavalry, artillery, engineering </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Size </Th> <Td> 175 regiments; 178,000 men </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Motto (s) </Th> <Td> Sic semper tyrannis </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Engagements </Th> <Td> American Civil War </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> USCT </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> United States Colored Troops </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> An USCT recruiting poster </Td> </Tr>

The union army was composed mostly of african american soldiers