United States Colored Troops at Port Hudson, Louisiana
1864
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Tens of thousands of freedmen and runaway slaves served in the regiments of the United States Colored Troops and other state units. The men in this photograph, taken in 1864, were probably members of one of these units, the Corps d’Afrique. The Corps was organized in 1863 from men who served in Union General Benjamin Butler’s Louisiana Native Guard regiments.
This primary source comes from the Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs.
National Archives Identifier: 594179
Full Citation: Photograph of United States Colored Troops at Port Hudson, Louisiana; 1864; Records of the War Department General and Special Staffs, Record Group 165. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/usct-port-hudson, October 13, 2024]Activities that use this document
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