A&M 3375U.S. Army Circular regarding African Americans in the Civil War A&M 3375Staff of the West Virginia & Regional History CenterWest Virginia and Regional History Center

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Civil War -- Soldiers, Black Abert, William Stone, 1845-1921 Patterson, Robert, 1792-1881