Contributed by Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division through Maine Historical Society
Description
This photograph in the collections of the Library of Congress shows Co. E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, at Fort Lincoln in Washington, D.C.
When Black people were allowed to serve in Union armies, regiments were formed. The officers generally were white.
About This Item
- Title: 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, Fort Lincoln, Washington, D.C., ca. 1864
- Creator: William Morris Smith
- Creation Date: circa 1864
- Subject Date: circa 1864
- Location: Washington, DC
- Media: Digital image of glass negative
- Local Code: LC-DIG-cwpb-04294; LC-B817- 7890 [P&P] LOT 4190-F
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Forts & fortifications
- Infantry
- United States--District of Columbia--Washington
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Military facilities
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 4th (1863-1866)
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