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Discover the men of color who fought for their freedom during the Civil War through profiles illustrated with original wartime photographs. A renowned collector of Civil War photographs and a prodigious researcher, Ronald S. Coddington combines compelling archival images with biographical stories that reveal the human side of the war. This third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers contains previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War participantsmany of whom fought to secure their freedom. During the Civil War, 200,000 African American men enlisted in the Union army or navy. Some of them were free men and some escaped from slavery; others were released by sympathetic owners to serve the war effort. African American Faces of the Civil War tells the story of the Civil War through the images of men of color who served in roles that ranged from servants and laborers to enlisted men and junior officers. Coddington discovers these portraits cartes de visite , ambrotypes, and tintypesin museums, archives, and private collections. He has pieced together each individuals life and fate based upon personal documents, military records, and pension files. These storie

Author

Ronald S. Coddington

Publisher

The Johns Hopkins University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781421407234

Subjects

History, Biography, Memoir

Rating

3.77 / 5 (13 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14