One of the FIRST Wave of COLORED TROOPS RECRUITS ORDERS During the CIVIL WAR- 1863
[AFRICAN AMERICANA] [COLORED TROOPS]. Military Special Order. Dated December 15th, 1863. Handwritten and signed on Headquarters letterhead of the Draft Rendezvous, Long Island, Boston Harbor, Massachusetts. Measures approximately 9.5" x 7.5". Frederick Douglass argued that the enlistment of Black soldiers would help the North win the war. The first Black.....