Men of Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln, District of Columbia, 1865

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Library of Congress

Notes

Sized, cropped, and prepared for use here by John Osborne, Dickinson College, May 25, 2010. NOTE --Image originally misdated by Library of Congress as between 1863 and 1866 but recently scholarship identifies the photograph by William Morris Smith from November 17, 1865. See Andy Hall's essay at "Dead Confederates," http://deadconfederates.com/2011/05/31/is-that-you-first-sergeant-henry/

Depicted ContentUnited States Colored Troops

Image type

photograph

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Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division

Original caption

District of Columbia. Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln

Source citation

Selected Civil War Photograph Collection, Library of Congress

Source note

Cropped from a larger image.