'Cooking in Camp' illustration   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: Illustration of African American soldiers cooking in their camp from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. ALTERNATE TEXT: Three men sit around a fire in a camp, with one man to the right cooking in a flat pan. One man to the left is using an axe to chop a log, while another is moving a log. A man in a jacket stands over the people around the fire, and another stands in the background while holding a gun. There are tents in the distance along with men standing around in the grass field. There is a large mountain in the background. The sky is dark and smoke is coming off of the fire to the right of the scene. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_26
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center