LOC's Public Domain Archive
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![[Soldier on horseback with African American servant]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDcvc29sZGllci1vbi1ob3JzZWJhY2std2l0aC1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXNlcnZhbnQtODg1ZTRkLTEwMjQuanBn/320/372/jpg "[Soldier on horseback with African American servant]")
![Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMjIvbGlldXRlbmFudC1zdHJhbmdld2F5cy1pZS1zdHJhbmd3YXlzLXJveWFsLWhvcnNlLWFydGlsbGVyeS1iNjY0ZTMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Lieutenant Strangeways [i.e., Strangways], Royal Horse Artillery - Roger Fenton's Crimean War Photographs")
![[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier on left in frock coat and slouch hat; soldier on right sitting on horse and wearing shell jacket and slouch hat]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NjMvMDEvMDEvdHdvLXVuaWRlbnRpZmllZC1zb2xkaWVycy1pbi11bmlvbi11bmlmb3Jtcy1hZnJpY2FuLWFtZXJpY2FuLXNvbGRpZXItb24tbGVmdC02NDAuanBn/40/35/webp "[Two unidentified soldiers in Union uniforms; African American soldier on left in frock coat and slouch hat; soldier on right sitting on horse and wearing shell jacket and slouch hat]")
![Edward S. Curtis - [Fat Horse with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMDUvZmF0LWhvcnNlLXdpdGgtaW5zaWduaWEtb2YtYS1ibGFja2Zvb3Qtc29sZGllci0zNDg5OTAtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/49/webp "Edward S. Curtis - [Fat Horse with insignia of a Blackfoot soldier]")
![[African American soldier] - Public domain drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1zb2xkaWVyLWEwZGUxZi02NDAuanBn/40/49/webp "[African American soldier] - Public domain drawing")
![[African American men tending a horse]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMjQvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1tZW4tdGVuZGluZy1hLWhvcnNlLWRmNTMwNy02NDAuanBn/40/61/webp "[African American men tending a horse]")
![[A soldier leading a horse] - Public domain book scan / drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjIvYS1zb2xkaWVyLWxlYWRpbmctYS1ob3JzZS1kYWM4ZGQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/66/webp "[A soldier leading a horse] - Public domain book scan / drawing")
![[African American soldier] - Public domain drawing](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjYvYWZyaWNhbi1hbWVyaWNhbi1zb2xkaWVyLTIwYWQwMC02NDAuanBn/40/60/webp "[African American soldier] - Public domain drawing")
![[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with sword]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTYvdW5pZGVudGlmaWVkLWFmcmljYW4tYW1lcmljYW4tc29sZGllci1pbi11bmlvbi1jYXZhbHJ5LXVuaWZvcm0td2l0aC1zd29yZC1hMDQyMGMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/44/webp "[Unidentified African American soldier in Union cavalry uniform with sword]")
