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| Title: | Impetuous charge of the first colored Rebel regiment. |
| Image ID: | 812640 |
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| Physical Description: | 1 print : b&w ; 15 x 18 cm. (5 3/4 x 7 1/4 in.) |
| Material Type: | Prints |
| Subjects: | Cartoons (Commentary) |
| African Americans -- History -- 1860-1869 | |
| Periodical Illustrations | |
| United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 | |
| African Americans -- Military Service -- 1860-1869 | |
| Soldiers -- American -- 1860-1869 | |
| Notes: | Printed on image: "Come in boys dinner's ready" "We's free" "Hurray" "Hurrah! Fur Massa Linkum" Here we comes Massa" Written on border: "Nov. 5, 1864" Printed on border: "By our prophetic artist." " 'The time has come for us to put into the army every able-bodied negro man as a soldier. We have learned from dear-bought experience that negroes can be taught to fight. I would free all able to bear arms, and put them into the field at once. They will make much better soldiers with us than against us, and swell the now depleted ranks of our armies.' -- Henry W. Allen (Rebel Gevornor of Louisiana) to James W Seddon (Rebel Secretary of War), September 26, 1864." Includes additional text. |
| Alternate Title: | Impetuous charge of the 1 colored Rebel regiment. |
| Date Published: | 1864 |
| Barcode Number: | 33333159331277 |
| Struc ID: | 585094 |
| Source: | Harper's weekly : a journal of civilization. View All images from Source |
| In Folder: | African-American history -- 1860s View All images from Folder |
