Tag Archives: Civil War

freedmenva

Dark Past/ Civil War

Freedmen in Richmond, Virginia. Photograph found at: African-American History.

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Dark Past/ Civil War

“A Negro Family Coming into Union Lines.” Photograph found at: African-American History.

hospital

Dark Past/ Civil War

Field Hospital at Savage Station, Va., after the battle of June 27, 1862. Shows scores of men, black and white, stretched out on the ground. A black soldier sits in lower left foreground. Photograph found at: African-American History.

usengineers

Dark Past/ Civil War

“Camp U.S. Engineers, near Brandy Station, Va., March, 1864″ (title from print). A black man holding a horse in a field. Photograph found at: African-American History.

negroteamsters

Dark Past/ Civil War

“Negro Teamsters” (title on print). Title from Milhollen and Mugridge: “Bermuda Hundred, Va. African-American teamsters near the signal tower.” Photograph found at: African-American History.

31stregiment

Dark Past/ Civil War

Tent life of the 31st Pennsylvania Regiment” [later the 82nd Pennsylvania Regiment]. Taken at Queen’s Farm, vicinity of Fort Slocum, Washington, D.C. Photograph found at: African-American History.

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Dark Past/ Civil War

“Hanging a Deserter (Petersburg, Va.). Execution of a colored soldier, William Johnson, June 20, 1864. Vicinity of Petersburg, Va. Soldier, face covered with cloth, hanging from scaffold. White soldiers sit nearby under tree.” Photograph found at: African-American History.