Maj. Martin R. Delany
Major Martin R. Delany was the highest ranking black field officer to serve in the Civil War. He is also credited with being the first black soldier to receive an official commission from the U.S. Army.
About the Artists
A listing and brief biography of twelve artists who have created and are creating depictions of black soldiers during the Civil War.
About the Founders
Black Civil War Art Comes To Columbia
USCT History
During the Civil War more than 200,000 African-American soldiers served in the Union army as members of the United States Colored Troops. This link is a brief history of these gallant men.
Art Links
Several links to art dealers and publishers who sells art prints representing colored civil war soldiers, buffalo soldiers and other ethnic art prints and originals.
USCT Organized in
South Carolina
During the Civil War more than 5,000 former slaves and freedmen served in six infantry regiment and one artillery battery organized in South Carolina. Soldiers of the 1st South Carolina Volunteer regiment - African Descent, is credited with being among the first black soldiers to fight in the War.
USCT Links
Several links to websites of African-American civil war regimental histories and re-enactment regiments.
SgtMaj. Douglass
Lewis Douglass was the elder son of the famous Frederick Douglass and served as the Sergeant Major of the 54th Massachuetts Volunteer Infantry regiment during the Civil War.
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Civil War Conference
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A Voice of Thunder
An autobiography of George E. Stephens, a reporter with the Weekly Anglo-African newspaper prior to the Civil War. After the outbreak of the war he joined the 54th Massachuesetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment - the first black regiment organized in the North - and corresponded regularily with newspapers in New York. |
The Price of Freedom
By the end of the Civil War more than 230,000 Black soldiers and their White officers served the Union Army and Navy. Nearly 40,000 died during the War -- with more than 1,700 giving their lives on the battlefield. That was a small price to pay for the freedom of more than 4,000,000 Americans held in slavery. |
| Sergeant Andrew Jackson Smith
During the Civil War seventeen black soldiers earned the Medal of Honor, however only sixteen Medals were issued - until recently. On July 16, 2001, President Bush presented the Medal of Honor (posthumously) to descendants of Corporal Smith in recognition of his bravery and heroism at the Battle of Honey Hill (South Carolina) on November 30, 1864. |
Where I'm Bound
Where I'm Bound is the first novel about a black regiment in the Civil War. The protagonist is a runaway slave in Mississippi, who joins the union army and becomes a trusted soldier and war hero. This is a 'must read' for anyone with even a slight interest in Blacks in the Civil War. |
Civil War Memorial
The African-American Civil War Memorial, located at 10th and "U" Street in Washington, DC, is the first national memorial dedicated to the black soldiers who fought in the Civil War.
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USCT Institute
The United States Colored Troops Institute is an educational institute to promote and encourage original historical and genealogical research about the 200,000 colored men and their 7,000 white officers who comprised the US Colored Troops during the American Civil War. The Institute encourages communities of America (inclusive of the US, Canada and Caribbean nations) to "find" their local USCT members and to place soldiers and their families within a local historical context through educational and commemorative events. The Institute supports this effort through specific venues. |
Sgt. Carney's Flag
Sergeant William H. Carney served in the 54th Mass Infantry, one of the first Black regiments raised in a northern state during the Civil War, and is the first soldier of African descent to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor in the American Armed Forces. |
Army Life in a Black Regiment
A diary compiled by the commanding officer of the first Union regiment organized in the south during the Civil War, and with the exception of the officers, consisted entirely of freed slaves from South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. |
Sons & Daughters of USCT
The Sons & Daughters of United States Colored Troops (S&DUSCT) is charted by the African-American Civil War Memorial Freedom Foundation (AACWMFF) to augment the Foundation's mission to change the way American History is taught and to motivate young people, especially African-Americans, to civic pride and patriotism on a national basis. |
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