54th. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Co. I: Reenactors portray the experience of the African American soldier in the American Civil War in South Carolina.
Africans in America - The Civil War: Educational resource provided by PBS offers an overview of African-American history during the Civil War. Find biographies and primary sources.
Black Dispatches: Black American Contributions to Union Intelligence: The Central Intelligence Agency tells stories of critical information passed on to the Union Army by blacks in the area, both slave and free.
The Louisiana Native Guards: The history of this unusual unit is laid out here with photographs. These troops were the first black soldiers in the Union Army, but they were first organized as a Confederate unit.