circa 1 November 1864
Ringwalt & Brown, fl. 1863-1865
Broadside
Title: [Broadside regarding recruitment of African Americans and celebrating emancipation in Maryland]
Printed in commemoration of the adoption of emancipation in Maryland. The print incorporates five illustrations, three documenting African American combat valor and two related to emancipation and the future of African Americans. At the top of the transparency is a long illustration of African American troops in the Battle of Port Hudson, above it the words (from George H. Boker's poem): "God Save the Republic: Never in field or tent scorn a black regiment." Portrays these images on the front of the headquarters of the supervisory committee for recruiting colored regiments, located on…
GLC05701