African American Laborers on the U.S. Military Railroad in Northern Virginia, c. 1862 or 1863

From the beginning of the Civil War, African Americans worked on the railroads, transferring their labor to the Union cause.

About this Document

  • Source: African American Laborers on the U.S. Military Railroad in Northern Virginia, c. 1862 or 1863
  • Publisher: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C., Lot 9209, No. 49a
  • Author: Andrew J. Russell
  • Date: 1862