Harper’s Weekly, July 4, 1863, p. 429 Page with a description of “A Typical Negro,” shows three woodcults of an escaped enslaved person named Gordon: one in rags “Gordon as he Entered our Lines;” one showing his scarified back “Gordon...
The photo shows a Civil War veteran who apparently lost his right hand or arm. The man is smoking a cigar and wearing a white hat and jacket which has been opened. He is holding his child with his left...
The photo shows rows of grave markers in Arlington Cemetary. Two in the foreground say “UNKNOWN US COL P SOLDIER” Civil War expert, Jeff Kluever, says: “It’s hard to see, but my guess is that it says COLR not COL...
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