Description: Illustration by Thomas Nast depicting the charge of the 54th Massachusetts on Fort Wagner. Caption reads: "Entred (sic) according to Act of Congress A.D. 1867 by Johnson, Fry & Co., in the clerks office of the district court of the southern district of New York" ALTERNATE TEXT: Two sides clash in an army battle. The scene is at night, with most of the light coming from gun shots or fires. Multiple flags are held above the battle, including American and Confederate flags. African American soldiers are included in the Union army and they all charge uphill toward the Rebel soldiers. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_SC16
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865; Artists
Places: New York
 

Description: Illustration of African American soldiers building a road from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. ALTERNATE TEXT: A group of men are drawn working to build a railroad in a hilly area. Three men at the front are breaking rocks with hammers while sitting. Two men to the left push a cart of rocks along the built section of the rails. Men in the background are carrying timber and using pick axes. There is a small shack to the middle right of the scene. Above then, on a hill, are evergreen trees. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_44
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Caption reads; "Phalanx soldiers, under a flag of truce, burying their dead after one of the terrible battles before Petersburg." ALTERNATE TEXT: Groups of African American soldiers work in a large open field. Men to the right use pickaxes to dig into the ground, creating a mass grave. Other men are carrying bodies to be laid in the grave. To the left of the scene, more bodies are laid in a row in preparation for their burial. Towards the middle of the scene, soldiers stand holding guns and one has a flag. There is no action in this scene, as hundreds of men in the background are standing around watching the burials. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_54
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration of Phalanx soldiers recieving their wages published in "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_15
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_05
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration of working soldiers from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_29
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Stereograph showing two African American soldiers with rifles drawn during the Civil War, 1861-1865. The caption on the back reads, "Colored Pickets on duty near Dutch Gap." This stereoview is No. 2553 of the "War Views" section of the series entitled "Photographic History-The War for the Union" published by E. & H. T. Anthony & Co., American and Foreign Stereoscopic Emporium, of New York. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: SC5227_01_01
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Photographs; African American soldiers; United States Colored Troops; Military life
Places: Dutch Gap (Virginia)
 

Description: Illustration of soldiers on the picket line from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. Members of the picket line functioned as scouts and guards against enemy movements. Soldiers were regularly rotated. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_33
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration of Union soldiers in the trenches during the Civil War from "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_34
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Battlefields; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Photograph of Colonel Charles Young standing near horses with other soldiers. Charles Young was the first African American to reach the rank of Colonel in the U.S. Army and, at the time of his death in 1922, was the highest-ranking African American officer in the Army. He is known for having been forced into retirement due to health concerns before the start of World War I and later riding from Wilberforce, Ohio, to Washington, D.C. to prove his physical fitness for duty. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS3_B02F45_01
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Military officers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.
 

Description: Illustration of the Battle of Milliken's Bend, a Union victory that took place on June 7, 1863, in Madison Parish, Louisiana, published in "The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1812, 1861-'65" by Joseph T. Wilson. ALTERNATE TEXT: Two armies face off in a Civil War battle, with one side made up of African American troops. There is a large house in the background to the right of the fight. A few trees are to the left in the background as well. A few men are laying on the ground, either injured or dead. The soldiers use guns as their weapons. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_13
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
 

Description: Illustration by artist James Walker depicting deceased Civil War soldiers on a battlefield published in Harper's Weekly on November 11, 1865. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_OVS14_D08_11
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Military officers; Artists; Civil War 1861-1865