'Union Soldiers Before Yorktown Bringing Down a Southern Ally' illustration   Save
National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center
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: "This negro being a good marksman was induced by the confederates to become a sharpshooter for them, and greatly annoyed the Union pickets before Yorktown by firing upon them from trees, in the branches of which he would perch himself at early morning and remain there through the day, shooting at such Union soldiers as happened come within his range. His hiding place was finally discovered however, and after refusing to surrender, thinking himself safe, he was brought down by a bullet through his head." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: blackphalanx_55
Subjects: African American soldiers; Civil War 1861-1865
Places: National Afro-American Museum and Cultural Center