1888 J. T. WILSON. The Black Phalanx. Negro Soldiers from the Revolution to the Civil War. Illustrated

1888 J. T. WILSON. The Black Phalanx. Negro Soldiers from the Revolution to the Civil War. IllustratedVery desirable first edition of the first serious work documenting the history of black soldiers in the War for American Independence and the Civil War. J. T. Wilson served in the Civil War, originally enlisting as a private with the 2nd Louisiana Native Guard later reorganized as the 74th United States Colored Troops. After being discharged for illness, he later reenlisted in Co. C of the famed Massachusetts 54th Infantry composed of African American

we were both unwilling and unable to believe that a civil war among us would ever actually come

I think our names will reach posterity

like any other art or trade

John Watson

We should daily examine ourselves & see whether we are in ye Faith - examine & see how our conduct corresponds with ye Rules of Christianity

whatsoever they may think of it in its origin

Exceptionally well-preserved early letter

the Union Prayer Meetings

as recorded here by George Duffield

Otis said same 1765-1773

The Pilgrim's Progress from This World to That Which is to Come Delivered Under the Similitude of a Dream by John Bunyan

and negative examples of the opposite