This excerpt supports the conclusion that black soldiers in the Civil War
A. refused to fight until guaranteed the same rights and privileges as whites.
B. fought aggressively, the ferocity with which the Union fought the Confederacy.
C. fought bravely, showing that they were deserving of the same rights as other citizens.
D. fought recklessly, demonstrating that arming former enslaved persons endangered society.
Use the excerpt from War Department General Order 143 to answer the question.

I – A Bureau is established in the Adjutant General's Office for the record of all matters relating to the organization of Colored Troops, An officer will be assigned to the charge of the Bureau, with such number of clerks as may be designated by the Adjutant General.

II – Three or more field officers will be detailed as Inspectors to supervise the organization of colored troops at such points as may be indicated by the War Department in the Northern and Western States.

VI – Colored troops maybe accepted by companies, to be afterward consolidated in battalions and regiments by the Adjutant General. The regiments will be numbered seriatim, in the order in which they are raised, the numbers to be determined by the Adjutant General. They will be designated: " Regiment of U. S. Colored Troops."

VII – Recruiting stations and depots will be established by the Adjutant General as circumstances shall require, and officers will be detailed to muster and inspect the troops.

VIII – The non-commissioned officers of colored troops may be selected and appointed from the best men of their number in the usual mode of appointing non-commissioned officers. Meritorious commissioned officers will be entitled to promotion to higher rank if they prove themselves equal to it.

IX – All personal applications for appointments in colored regiments, or for information concerning them, must be made to the Chief of the Bureau; all written communications should be addressed to the Chief of the Bureau, to the care of the Adjutant General