'Charge of The Phalanx' illustration   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
Description: Illustration of Phalanx soldiers in battle 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 soldiers charge up a hill. One holds a billowing flag towards the rear of the charge, to the right. Most men are holding guns as they run to the left. There is a small hill to the left of the scene. One man is laying down on the hill, having fallen backwards. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_41
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center