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previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War
participants--many 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 tintypes--in museums, archives, and private
collections. He has pieced together each individual's life and fate
based upon personal documents, military records, and pension files.
These stories tell of ordinary men who became fighters, of the
prejudice they faced, and of the challenges they endured. "African
American Faces of the Civil War" makes an important contribution to
a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a
fascinating look into lives that helped shape America.
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