About this image...

Image Title: Black Soldier, circa 1862

Creator: Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist

Date: Between 1862 and 1865

Notes: Inscribed on verso: [Ni]ne miles from town, servant being a slave could not be a partner(?) to a contract, and when he claimed his share, half of what he made repudiated. Prince Herron meantimes fed the master family outside the federal lines. To J. Herron, who could not get two or three years.

Subjects: African Americans--Military service--1860-1870
Soldiers--Union--1860-1870
United States
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans

Original Media: Drawing

Collections: Civil War
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