thecivilwarparlor:Soldier In Union Army Sergeant Uniform 18641,764 men of color served Connecticut d
thecivilwarparlor:Soldier In Union Army Sergeant Uniform 18641,764 men of color served Connecticut during the Civil War between 1863 and 1867. The level of black participation in Connecticut regiments was astounding considering that the 1860 census revealed only 8,726 blacks living in the state; of them only 2,206 were men between the ages of 15 and 50 (the most likely ages for service). This meant that some 78% of eligible black men enlisted. Just over 15% of these men died as a result of the war. -Black and white carte de visite of a black man dressed in a Union Army Sergeant uniform with sergeant stripes, long straight sword hung from belt, and left hand holding a copy of a book entitled “The Great Rebellion,” by Joel Tyler Headley. 10 cm x 7 cm. Photograph by J. Oldershaw, northeast corner of High and Asylum Streets, Hartford, Connecticut. Courtesy of the Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut.See more at: http://connecticuthistory.org/connecticuts-black-civil-war-regiment/#sthash.FiTqDOav.dpuf Photo Credit WIKI -- source link