African Americans in the Civil War – Object #4

57th United States Colored Infantry

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<p>Onlookers stand on the steps of a building while 13 members of the 57th United States Colored Infantry, an African American unit in the Civil War, pose in uniform for the photographer. The three men on the left carry a bugle, large drum, and snare drum. Other men hold weapons. The tallest man in the center carries the American flag. </p>

57th United States Colored Infantry pose together in Little Rock during the Civil War, 1865

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“57th United States Colored Infantry.” 1865. J. N. Heiskell photograph collection, UA Little Rock Center for Arkansas History and Culture. https://arstudies.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p15728coll1/id/1672/rec/10.