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• Society: History: By Region: North America: United States: Wars: Civil War  (1,107)

Africans in America - The Civil War - - Educational resource provided by PBS offers an overview of African-American history during the Civil War. Find biographies and primary sources.

The Louisiana Native Guards - - The history of this unusual unit is laid out here with photographs. These troops were the first black soldiers in the Union Army, but they were first organized as a Confederate unit.

54th. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Co. I - - Reenactors portray the experience of the African American soldier in the American Civil War in South Carolina.