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- "Dress Parade of the First South Carolina Regiment (Colored) near Beaufort, South Carolina," 1861-1865 - After the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, African Americans were actively recruited into the army. They were separated into their own regiments and often discriminated against. This stereograph, with photographs by famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady, shows a dress parade of African-American troops of the First South Carolina Regiment.
- 1861-1865
- Collections - Artifact
"Dress Parade of the First South Carolina Regiment (Colored) near Beaufort, South Carolina," 1861-1865
After the Emancipation Proclamation in January 1863, African Americans were actively recruited into the army. They were separated into their own regiments and often discriminated against. This stereograph, with photographs by famed Civil War photographer Mathew Brady, shows a dress parade of African-American troops of the First South Carolina Regiment.