Tell It with Pride: The 54th Massachusetts Regiment and Augustus Saint-Gaudens’ Shaw Memorial” closes Monday! An image of an African American soldier raising the American flag beneath Sergeant Carney’s declaration at Fort Wagner appeared on a banner to inspire other African Americans to join the Union cause. By the war’s end, more than 180,000 men of African descent enlisted, helping the North to suppress the rebellion. Ringwalt & Brown, View of Transparency, in Front of Headquarters of Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, in Commemoration of Emancipation in Maryland, November 1, 1864, c. 1864, woodcut print in four colors, Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division
Posted on: Thu, 16 Jan 2014 17:34:39 +0000
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