We Will Protect Our Country as it Defends Our Rights. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870

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Title

We Will Protect Our Country as it Defends Our Rights. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870

Subject

African Americans, military service

Description

In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau of U. S. Colored Troops. Almost 200,000 African Americans served in the United States Colored Troops during the last two years of the Civil War.

Creator

James Carter Beard

Source

Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division

Publisher

Thomas Kelly

Date

1870-1871

Contributor

Library of Virginia

Rights

CC BY-SA

Format

JPG

Type

lithograph

Identifier

15th Amend DETAIL Soldier 13_1162_009

Coverage

United States