United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: https://lccn.loc.gov/sh2007100004
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Free Military School for Applicants for Commands of Colored Troops
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4287
Overview
This collection contains a twelve-page pamphlet from the Supervisory Committee for Recruiting Colored Regiments, in Philadelphia, describing the qualifications required of men applying to be officers of African American Union troops during the US Civil War.
Dates:
1863
Charles B. Safford and Clara Safford Brooke Correspondence
Collection
Identifier: MSS-4288
Overview
This collection contains letters to and from Illinois soldier Charles B. Safford, who served as a captain in the United States Colored Troops during the Civil War, and his wife Clara Safford. Many of the letters date from the time of her second marriage to Thomas S. Brooke.
Dates:
1853-1886 and undated