February 1st, 2013
(via The Uncertain Promise of Freedom’s Light: Black Soldiers in The Civil War | Around The Mall) Martin Robinson Delany worked to recruit soldiers for black Union regiments and met with Lincoln to allow these units to be led by black officers. He approved the plan and Delany became the first black major to receive a field command. Hand-colored lithograph, 1865. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery

(via The Uncertain Promise of Freedom’s Light: Black Soldiers in The Civil War | Around The Mall)

Martin Robinson Delany worked to recruit soldiers for black Union regiments and met with Lincoln to allow these units to be led by black officers. He approved the plan and Delany became the first black major to receive a field command. Hand-colored lithograph, 1865. Courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery

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