The Black Civil War soldier : a visual history of conflict and citizenship
"Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, black men eventually made up 10 percent of the Union Army. Photography culture blossomed as the war progressed, marking the Civil War as the first conflict to be extensively documented through photographs. In The Black Civil War Soldier, Deb Willis explores the crucial role of photography in re-telling and shaping African American narrati...
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