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Auction: 317 - The Collector's Series
Lot: 568

Black History and Civil War. Wilson, Joseph Thomas: The Black Phalanx; A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the Wars of 1775-1821, 1861-'65. Hartford, American Publishing Company, 1888. Octavo, original gilt-stamped, red and black pictorial cloth, illustrated, 528pp. First edition. "A significant work by a former Negro soldier [in the 2nd Regiment Louisiana Native Guard Volunteers and the 54th Massachusetts Infantry] full of official dispatches and lengthy essays" (Nevins I, 216). Minor splitting of front endpaper, Near Fine.

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