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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC09229 |
| From Archive Folder | Unassociated Photographs of the Civil War |
| Title | Albumen of members of the Louisiana Native Guard |
| Date | ca. 1863 |
| Document Type | Photograph |
| Content Description | Mounted albumen print of the members of the Louisiana Native Guard learning to read at Port Hudson, Louisiana, at a school set up for the soldiers and freedmen. The guard was one of the first all-black units in the Civil War, formed by Benjamin Butler in 1862. |
| Subjects | African American Troops Freemen Education African American History Union Forces |
| People | Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1818-1893) |
| Place written | Port Hudson, Louisiana |
| Theme | The American Civil War; African Americans; Education |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |
| Civil War: Unit | 1st Louisiana Native Guard (United States) |