The Native Guard: Black men and the Civil War
Free men of color in New Orleans served double duty during the Civil War, fighting for both the Confederate and Union armies.
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Free men of color in New Orleans served double duty during the Civil War, fighting for both the Confederate and Union armies.
By the end of the Civil War, the 76th USCI left no doubt it belonged.
February is Black History Month, it’s something that no American of any race, color, or creed should forget. African Americans, the decendants of slaves and slaves themselves fought for freedom that was only at best was in the promissory note of the Emancipation Proclamation. Those men, and women in the case of Harriett Tubman and Sojourner Truth, paved the way for freedom for African Americans and all others who benefited from what they fought for: women, Native Americans, Mexican Americans, and other Hispanics, Asian Americans, and LGBTQ Americans. That promise being made then, must be...