The Negro in the War

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Title

The Negro in the War

Subject

African Americans, military service

Description

This composite set of sketches illustrates the variety of ways in which African Americans served the United States Army, as laborers and scouts, as drovers, as washer women, and as soldiers.

Creator

C. E. F. Hillen

Source

Paul Fleury Mottelay, ed., The Soldier in our Civil War a Pictorial History of the Conflict, 1861–1865,Illustrating the Valor of the Soldier as Displayed on the Battle-Field (1886)

Publisher

New York: G. W. Carleton & Co.

Date

1863-1865

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

drawing, bound volume

Identifier

15_0068_001

Coverage

United States

Citation

C. E. F. Hillen, “The Negro in the War,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed March 28, 2024, https://www.virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/501.