(MILITARY CIVIL WAR PHOTOGRAPHY) Carte de visite with inke

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(MILITARY--CIVIL WAR--PHOTOGRAPHY.) Carte-de-visite with inked caption "hd.qts Corps D'afriques." Typical carte-de-visite albumen photograph, with "A.I. Blauvelt, Port Hudson, LA" on the reverse. Louisiana, circa 1862-1863

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a rare image of the corps d'afriques headquarters at port hudson. The Corps d'Afriques, or First Louisiana Native Guard U. S.A. was one of the first all-black regiments to see combat in Civil War, formed just before the use of Colored Troops was officially sanctioned. The Guard was formed from ex-slaves liberated by the occupation of New Orleans by Union forces. On September 27, 1862, Major General Benjamin F. Butler, the Union military commander, organized the Union Army's 1st Louisiana Native Guard regiment of 1,000 men. This actually included some men who had served earlier in the Louisiana Confederate Militia under the same name.