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100 1  Willis, Deborah,|d1948-|eauthor. 
245 14 The black Civil War soldier :|bA visual history of 
       conflict and citizenship /|cDeborah Willis. 
264  1 New York :|bNew York University Press,|c[2021] 
300    x, 243 pages :|billustrations (chiefly color), portraits, 
       facsimiles ;|c27 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
504    Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-228) and 
       index. 
505 0  1860-61: The war begins -- 1861-62: Visualising the plan 
       for victory -- 1863: Men of color, to arms! -- 1864: Black
       men in battle -- 1865-66: The end of the war. 
520    "Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded 
       African American men from their initial calls to arms, 
       black men eventually made up 10 percent of the Union Army.
       Photography culture blossomed as the war progressed, 
       marking the Civil War as the first conflict to be 
       extensively documented through photographs. In The Black 
       Civil War Soldier, Deb Willis explores the crucial role of
       photography in re-telling and shaping African American 
       narratives of the Civil War, frawing on a dynamic visual 
       archive that has gone largely unacknowledged. With ninety-
       nine images, The Black Civil War Soldier contains a huge 
       breadth of rarely seen primary and archival materials: 
       photographs supplemented with handwritten captions, 
       letters, and other personal materials. Willis not only 
       dives into the lives of Black Union soldiers, but also 
       includes stories of other African Americans involved with 
       the struggle--from left-behind family members to female 
       spies. The Black Civil War Soldier offers a kaleidoscopic 
       yet intimate portrait of the African American experience. 
       Through her multimedia analysis, Willis pinpoints the 
       importance of African American communities in the 
       development and prosecution of the war and demonstrates 
       how photography helped construct a national vision of 
       Blackness, war, and bondage. A captivating memoir of 
       photographs and words, The Black Civil War Soldier traces 
       themes of love and longing, responsibility and fear, 
       commitment and patriotism, and--most significantly--
       African American resilience."-- Page [4] of cover. 
650  0 African American soldiers|vBiography. 
650  0 African American soldiers|vPortraits. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865
       |xParticipation, African American. 
651  0 United States|xHistory|yCivil War, 1861-1865
       |xParticipation, African American|vPictorial works. 
655  7 Portraits.|2lcgft 
655  7 Biographies.|2lcgft 
830  0 NYU series in social and cultural analysis.