The Black Phalanx: African American Soldiers in the War for Independence, the War of 1812, and the Civil War, written by Joseph T. Wilson and originally published in 1888 provides a comprehensive history of African American military service throughout the first century of America’s existence, detailing the stories of African American soldiers who served in the three aformentioned wars.
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