African-American Soldiers in the Civil War

Civil War Photos, Black History Month
Library of Congress

Some units, such as the 114th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, wore colorful uniforms inspired by the Zouave regiments of the French army. Here, an unidentified African-American soldier wears the Zouave uniform in a hand-colored, sixth-plate tintype published sometime between 1861 and 1865.

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