Race and Place: African Americans on the Homefront and Battlefront in the American Civil War

Newspaper Articles: Transcriptions of newspaper articles from Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania, provide a glimpse into how race relations in these towns were affected by the Civil War.

 

U.S. Colored Troops of Franklin County, Pennsylvania:

 

Photographs and Magazine Illustrations of African Americans in Civil War This image collection includes portraits of African-American soldiers and Harper's Weekly drawings of the New York City Draft riots of 1863.