Black Troops of the Union Army, Philadelphia, early 1864

Black Troops of the Union Army, Philadelphia, early 1864

A recruitment poster attempting to get enslaved people to join the army during the Civil War.

This recruitment poster shows Union soldiers at Camp William Penn in Philadelphia. By the spring of 1863 a committee of prominent Philadelphians was appointed to raise black regiments, and eleven were formed at Camp William Penn. This lithograph was based on a black and white studio photograph taken in Philadelphia, probably in early 1864; although no publication date is given on the lithograph it was probably done not long after the original photograph was taken.

P.S. Duval and Son

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1864

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English

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LCP-66

North America -- Pennsylvania