February 5: African American Faces of the Civil War by Ronald Coddington

Author Ronald S. Coddington follows the presents this remarkable album of 77 succinct sketches of African Americans, illustrated with images drawn from cartes de visite, ambrotypes and tintypes.

Of the roughly 200,000 men who enlisted in the army and navy and the thousands who were servants "to officers in the Union and Confederate armies," only a few have entered the pages of more familiar history.

Coddington helps rectify that lapse, uncovering the past and honoring the service of his 77 subjects. African American Faces of the Civil War: An Album uses archival photographs to introduce African American men who fought in the Civil War, whose roles ranged from servants and laborers to junior officers, and includes details on each man's life through military records and personal files.

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