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[African American soldiers in formation at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania] / J. M. Pattison, photographer.

[African American soldiers in formation at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania] /...

Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M129; outdoor scene, soldiers on parade with Springfields. "Camp Meade, -PA, May 1899" stamped on the front of mount. Photographe... More

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

Maxy, musical notation - American Civil War sheet music
Gabriel blows the trumpet - American Civil War sheet music
Aiken's Landing, Virginia African-American soldiers resting near the Aiken house, view looking toward the house

Aiken's Landing, Virginia African-American soldiers resting near the A...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Shows forty African American soldiers sitting and standing on a slight hill. Civil War photographs, 1861-1865 / comp... More

Abraham's daughter, or Raw recruits
Two unidentified African American soldiers in Union sergeant's uniforms

Two unidentified African American soldiers in Union sergeant's uniform...

Gift; Tom Liljenquist; 2016; (DLC/PP-2017:171, formerly deposit D072) Purchased from: The Horse Soldier, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, January 2016. Forms part of: Liljenquist Family Collection of Civil War Photog... More

African American soldiers of 4046th Quartermaster Truck Co. found AGO Fluzeugwerke A.G. at Oschersleben a source of souvenirs

African American soldiers of 4046th Quartermaster Truck Co. found AGO ...

Quartermaster troops inspecting and removing pieces from grounded fighter plane found within a bombed out plant in Oschersleben, Germany. Photoprint by Sgt. J. Pazen. Photo No. 1; No. 781.

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia  African-American soldiers resting near the Aiken house, view looking toward the house]

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia African-American soldiers resting near the...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Shows forty African American soldiers sitting and standing on a slight hill.

All-American news. 1945-09 - movie film screenshot

All-American news. 1945-09 - movie film screenshot

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

Babylon is fallen! - American Civil War sheet music

Babylon is fallen! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Colored troops disembarking / motion picture

Colored troops disembarking / motion picture

"The steamer "Mascotte" has reached her dock at Port Tampa, and the 2d Battalion of Colored Infantry is going ashore. Tide is very high, and the gang plank is extra steep; and it is laughable to see the extreme... More

Dey said we wouldn't fight - Public domain music sheet scan
[African American soldiers in formation at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania] / J. M. Pattison, photographer.

[African American soldiers in formation at Camp Meade, Pennsylvania] /...

Title from Gladstone collection checklist. Gladstone's inventory code and notes: M129; outdoor scene, soldiers on parade with Springfields. "Camp Meade, -PA, May 1899" stamped on the front of mount. Photographe... More

"Dear Mr. President," Granbury, Austin, and Hood County, Texas, January or February 1942

"Dear Mr. President," Granbury, Austin, and Hood County, Texas, Januar...

The name of one interviewee is unknown. Part of a series of recordings made by John Henry Faulk, Granbury, Austin, and Hood County, Texas, January or February 1942. Contents: AFS 06434A, Unidentified woman; AFS... More

Are they equal in the eyes of the law?

Are they equal in the eyes of the law?

music by Miss L. E. Campbell ; words by Sergt. Allen R. Griggs. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

All-American news. 1945-08, no. 1

All-American news. 1945-08, no. 1

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

Gabriel blows the trumpet - American Civil War sheet music
Please let your light shine on me

Please let your light shine on me

music by Miss L. E. Campbell ; words by Sergt. Allen Griggs, Jr.. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

They'll be needed - Public domain World War One sheet music

They'll be needed - Public domain World War One sheet music

words & music by Maude Nooks Howard. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

My choc'late soldier sammy boy - Public domain World War One sheet music

My choc'late soldier sammy boy - Public domain World War One sheet mus...

For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia  African-American soldiers resting near the Aiken house, view looking toward the house]

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia African-American soldiers resting near the...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Shows forty African American soldiers sitting and standing on a slight hill.

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

[African American soldiers mustered out at Little Rock, Arkansas]

Soldiers return home, greeted by women and children. Title devised. Published in: Harper's Weekly, v. 10, 1866 May 19, p. 308. Gift, J.P. Morgan, 1919 (DLC/PP-1919:R1.2.162) Reference print available in the Civ... More

Abraham's daughter - Public domain music sheet scan
African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W.C.A. Hostess House

African American soldiers reading, playing cards, and relaxing in Y.W....

Deposit; Tom Liljenquist; 2017; (D073) Purchased from: Orton and Pat Begner, Rochester, New York, via Civil War Collectables, Kendall, New York, February 2017. Exhibited: "Echoes of the Great War : American Ex... More

William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter from soldier, 115th New York, comments on African-American soldiers from Boston 54th Massachusetts?, June 1863
William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: General Orders, No. 32, Headquarters, Southern Division of Louisiana, court-martial of African-American soldiers, July 1865
Let's go boys, let's go! patriotic march song

Let's go boys, let's go! patriotic march song

words and music by Toussaint L'Ouverture Alston. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

O dear it made dis darky laugh - American Civil War sheet music
An address - African American Perspectives Materials

An address - African American Perspectives Materials

A newspaper summary of Washington's address about the loyalty of African Americans and his appeal for justice and recognition of African American's civil rights. President William McKinley, members of his cabin... More

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

Caption title. Imprint from cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17755. Source: Source unknown.

New Jersey for the Union : speech of Hon. James M. Scovel, Senator from Camden, upon the bill prohibiting the enlistment of Negro troops in New Jersey, under a penalty of $500, or imprisonment for five years, delivered March 16, 1864

New Jersey for the Union : speech of Hon. James M. Scovel, Senator fro...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on p. 16: [Cam]den Jul 21. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 12589. Source: Source unknown.

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: Letter from soldier, 115th New York, comments on African-American soldiers from Boston 54th Massachusetts?, June 1863
The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

The officer has high praise for most African American soldiers and proposes organizinf them into an army after the Civil War and settling them on farms in the South. Copyrighted by S. B. Brague. Also available ... More

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of the Revolution

Historical notes on the employment of Negroes in the American Army of ...

Moore, librarian of the New York Historical Society, discusses the role of African Americans in the Revolutionary War -- the wrangling over whether to allow black troops to be armed and to fight, especially in ... More

The Negro as a soldier - African American Perspectives Materials

The Negro as a soldier - African American Perspectives Materials

Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil Wa... More

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

Dixie is Dixie once more - Public domain World War One sheet music

Dixie is Dixie once more - Public domain World War One sheet music

music by Maceo Pinkard ; words by Wm. Tracey. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Good bye my chocolate soldier boy

Good bye my chocolate soldier boy

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

Please let your light shine on me

Please let your light shine on me

music by Miss L. E. Campbell ; words by Sergt. Allen Griggs, Jr.. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

They'll be needed - Public domain World War One sheet music

They'll be needed - Public domain World War One sheet music

words & music by Maude Nooks Howard. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

No slave beneath that starry flag

No slave beneath that starry flag

Music associated with the Union side

Negro Yanks - Public domain World War One sheet music

Negro Yanks - Public domain World War One sheet music

by Mme. Marie Coleman. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Abraham's daughter - Public domain music sheet scan
Are they equal in the eyes of the law?

Are they equal in the eyes of the law?

music by Miss L. E. Campbell ; words by Sergt. Allen R. Griggs. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Gal don't call me "Hun" - Public domain World War One sheet music

Gal don't call me "Hun" - Public domain World War One sheet music

words & music by Bee Alderman. (statement of responsibility) Manuscript in ink. For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

If you just must go to war bring the Kaiser back "jazz" song

If you just must go to war bring the Kaiser back "jazz" song

by Garland Tucker and Harry Baisden. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

If you just must go to war bring the Kaiser back "jazz" song

If you just must go to war bring the Kaiser back "jazz" song

by Garland Tucker and Harry Baisden. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

You'll find old Dixieland in France

You'll find old Dixieland in France

words by Grant Clarke ; music by George W. Meyer. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation... More

They'll be mighty proud in Dixie of their old black Joe

They'll be mighty proud in Dixie of their old black Joe

by Harry Carroll. (statement of responsibility) Title from caption. Manuscript in ink. For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

They'll be mighty proud in Dixie of their old black Joe

They'll be mighty proud in Dixie of their old black Joe

by Harry Carroll. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Road to Richmond - American Civil War sheet music

Road to Richmond - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

You'll find old Dixieland in France

You'll find old Dixieland in France

words by Grant Clarke ; music by Geo. W. Meyer. (statement of responsibility) For voice. Manuscript in ink. Includes one sheet of song lyrics. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.... More

Cuffee's war song - American Civil War sheet music

Cuffee's war song - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

William A. Gladstone Afro-American Military Collection: General Orders, No. 32, Headquarters, Southern Division of Louisiana, court-martial of African-American soldiers, July 1865
Let's go boys, let's go! patriotic march song

Let's go boys, let's go! patriotic march song

words and music by Toussaint L'Ouverture Alston. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

New Jersey for the Union : speech of Hon. James M. Scovel, Senator from Camden, upon the bill prohibiting the enlistment of Negro troops in New Jersey, under a penalty of $500, or imprisonment for five years, delivered March 16, 1864

New Jersey for the Union : speech of Hon. James M. Scovel, Senator fro...

Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy has ink stamp on p. 16: [Cam]den Jul 21. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 12589. Source: Source unknown.

Grand march of the Fifty Fourth Mass. Vols

Grand march of the Fifty Fourth Mass. Vols

Music associated with the Union side

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

The officer has high praise for most African American soldiers and proposes organizinf them into an army after the Civil War and settling them on farms in the South. Copyrighted by S. B. Brague. Also available ... More

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

Caption title. Imprint from cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17755. Source: Source unknown.

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

Caption title. Imprint from cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17755. Source: Source unknown.

The Negro as a soldier - African American Perspectives Materials

The Negro as a soldier - African American Perspectives Materials

Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil Wa... More

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

The officer has high praise for most African American soldiers and proposes organizinf them into an army after the Civil War and settling them on farms in the South. Copyrighted by S. B. Brague. Also available ... More

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

The officer has high praise for most African American soldiers and proposes organizinf them into an army after the Civil War and settling them on farms in the South. Copyrighted by S. B. Brague. Also available ... More

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

The Negro as a soldier in the War of the Rebellion

Hallowell reviews the record of African Americans in Union armies during the Civil War, using two Massachusetts regiments of black troops as examples. Includes information on place of birth and occupation, uneq... More

Good bye my chocolate soldier boy

Good bye my chocolate soldier boy

This is a public-domain musical notation scan. There were many music publishers in the United States during the 1900s. Some of the most well-known ones include G. Schirmer, Inc., Boosey & Hawkes, and Hal Leonar... More

We's a g'wine to fight - Public domain music sheet scan
Hurrah! for Charleston! - American Civil War sheet music
Negro Yanks - Public domain World War One sheet music

Negro Yanks - Public domain World War One sheet music

by Mme. Marie Coleman. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

Abraham's daughter, or Raw recruits
Abraham's daughter, or Raw recruits
I'll never be a slave again - Public domain music sheet scan

I'll never be a slave again - Public domain music sheet scan

Picryl description: Public domain book scan - American Civil War, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

The  Invalid corps - American Civil War sheet music

The Invalid corps - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

Dey said we wouldn't fight - Public domain music sheet scan
Are they equal in the eyes of the law?

Are they equal in the eyes of the law?

music by Miss L. E. Campbell ; words by Sergt. Allen R. Griggs. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

When the good Lord makes a record of a hero's deed, He draws no color line

When the good Lord makes a record of a hero's deed, He draws no color ...

Words by Val Trainor ; music by Harry DeCosta. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Staff notation. (language)

Make ole massa hum! - American Civil War sheet music

Make ole massa hum! - American Civil War sheet music

Music associated with the Union side

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia  African-American soldiers resting near the Aiken house, view looking toward the house]

[Aiken's Landing, Virginia African-American soldiers resting near the...

Photograph from the main eastern theater of war, the Army of the James, June 1864-April 1865. Shows forty African American soldiers sitting and standing on a slight hill.

All-American news. 1944-09, no. 2

All-American news. 1944-09, no. 2

All-American news were the first newsreels produced for a black audience. Made in the 1940s and 1950s, they were originally intended to encourage black Americans to participate in, and support the war effort, a... More

De darkies rallying song - American Civil War sheet music
Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

Notes on colored troops and military colonies on southern soil

The officer has high praise for most African American soldiers and proposes organizinf them into an army after the Civil War and settling them on farms in the South. Copyrighted by S. B. Brague. Also available ... More

Grand march of the Fifty Fourth Mass. Vols

Grand march of the Fifty Fourth Mass. Vols

Music associated with the Union side

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

What the Negro has done for liberty in America

Caption title. Imprint from cover. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 17755. Source: Source unknown.

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

The Negro as a soldier, by George R. Sherman

Limited ed. of 250 copies. Also available in digital form.

Goodbye my chocolate soldier boy  sheet music

Goodbye my chocolate soldier boy sheet music

words by Roger Graham ; music by James White. (statement of responsibility) For voice and piano. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. (additional physical form) Staff notation. (language)

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