We Will Protect Our Country as it Defends Our Rights. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
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Title
We Will Protect Our Country as it Defends Our Rights. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870
Subject
African Americans, military service
Description
In May 1863, U.S. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton issued General Order No. 143 creating the Bureau of U. S. Colored Troops. Almost 200,000 African Americans served in the United States Colored Troops during the last two years of the Civil War.
Creator
James Carter Beard
Source
Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs Division
Publisher
Thomas Kelly
Date
1870-1871
Contributor
Library of Virginia
Rights
CC BY-SA
Format
JPG
Type
lithograph
Identifier
15th Amend DETAIL Soldier 13_1162_009
Coverage
United States
Citation
James Carter Beard, “We Will Protect Our Country as it Defends Our Rights. Detail from The Fifteenth Amendment. Celebrated May 19th, 1870,” Remaking Virginia: Transformation Through Emancipation, accessed October 31, 2025, https://virginiamemory.com/online-exhibitions/items/show/498.