'The Negro In The War - Various Employments of the Colored Men in the Federal Army'   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: These colored illustrations portray African American soldiers completing various tasks during the Civil War. C. E. F. Hillen, the artist of the sketches from which these illustrations were derived, was employed by Frank Leslie, an early publisher of illustrated newspapers. Caption reads: "From sketches by C. E. F. Hillen." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS28_001
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865; Artists
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center