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<p>[Description and date of item], [Box/folder number], Ancella Bickley, Historian, Photographic Portraits of African-American Soldiers, A&amp;M 4190, West Virginia and Regional History Center, West Virginia University Libraries, Morgantown, West Virginia.</p>  </prefercite>
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    <subject authfilenumber="http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85001906" source="lcsh">African American soldiers</subject>
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