United States Congress, pension reports concerning Private Daniel Wooden, Abram Colley, and Sarah E. Wheeler, 1873 to 1904, documenting federal pension advocacy for African American Civil War veterans and their families. The material documents federal pension administration and legislative intervention through committee reports submitted to Congress, revealing how disability claims.....
General Washington and General Jackson on Negro Soldiers, 1863, a Civil War pamphlet advocating for the enlistment of African American soldiers in the Union Army. The pamphlet addresses Union military recruitment, wartime policy, and political arguments for Black enlistment. Drawing on historical precedent and wartime necessity, the text argues for.....
Harper's Weekly: A Journal of Civilization. New York: March 14, 1963. Vol. VII - No. 324. 15 pages. 16" x 11" inches. This edition of the Harper's Weekly portrays on its cover a black Union Army recruit who is being trained to use the Minie rifle, a weapon widely used.....
