African American Faces of the Civil War Album by Coddington HBDJ Black Soldiers
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African American Faces of the Civil War Album by Coddington HBDJ Black Soldiers. Hardcover publication with dust jacket and protective mylar cover in very good condition or better condition (minor scuffing to mylar cover; pages clean). See photos of actual book listed. ISBN: 9781421406251. For consideration is African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album by Ronald S. Coddington. Hardcover publication with dust jacket and protective mylar cover in very good condition or better condition (minor scuffing to mylar cover; pages clean). Ex-Library . See photos of actual book listed. ISBN: 9781421406251. About This Book: Discover the men of color who fought for their freedom during the Civil War through profiles illustrated with original wartime photographs. A renowned collector of Civil War photographs and a prodigious researcher, Ronald S. Coddington combines compelling archival images with biographical stories that reveal the human side of the war. This third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers contains previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War participants?many of whom fought to secure their freedom. During the Civil War, 200,000African American men enlisted in the Union army or navy. Some of them were free men and some escaped from slavery; others were released by sympathetic owners to serve the war effort. African American Faces of the Civil War tells the story of the Civil War through the images of men of color who served in roles that ranged from servants and laborers to enlisted men and junior officers. OleTooks Ships Fast and Secure!
