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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.
- "First and Last Dress Review of 1st Regiment South Carolinian (Negro) Volunteers," 1862 - As the Civil War wore on, the Union army desperately needed reinforcements and began to actively recruit African Americans. Separated into their own regiments, African Americans fought bravely--often surprising those who led them. This, the first South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, was praised by its leaders after raiding Confederate picket posts, salt works, and sawmills along the Georgia/Florida coast.
- June 25, 1862
- Collections - Artifact
"First and Last Dress Review of 1st Regiment South Carolinian (Negro) Volunteers," 1862
As the Civil War wore on, the Union army desperately needed reinforcements and began to actively recruit African Americans. Separated into their own regiments, African Americans fought bravely--often surprising those who led them. This, the first South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, was praised by its leaders after raiding Confederate picket posts, salt works, and sawmills along the Georgia/Florida coast.