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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh85140208

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Charles Robinson papers

 Collection
Identifier: W-0161
Overview Letters concerning Robinson's request for a commission in the "colored service" of the U.S. Army during the Civil War.
Dates: 1864 - 1865
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Charles Robinson papers

Five Certificates Attesting to the Service of African American Sailors during the Civil War

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4149
Overview The affidavits in this collection confirm the service of African American sailors during the Civil War
Dates: 1866-1869
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Five Certificates Attesting to the Service of African American Sailors during the Civil War

Chauncey Leonard Letter

 Collection
Identifier: MSS-4148
Overview Letter from an African American U. S. Army chaplain during the Civil War to the father of one of the soldiers at the hospital in Alexandria, Virginia
Dates: 1865 March 24
Found in: The University of Alabama Libraries Special Collections / Chauncey Leonard Letter