'Major Martin R. Delaney, U. S. A.' illustration   Save
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Description: Dated ca. 1890, this is an engraving of Union Army officer Major Martin R. Delaney featured 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. Delaney helped to recruit African Americans for the draft in Rhode Island, Connecticut, and Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: 973_7415_W694b_1968_001
Subjects: African American soldiers; African American men; Civil War 1861-1865
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