Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Unknown Albumen Print of Battery A, 2nd U.S. Colored Light Artillery Reg

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03028 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: [s.l.] Type: Photograph Date: 1864 Pagination: 1 photograph ; 18.3 x 13.3 cm Order a Copy

Dramatic oval photograph showing seven black soldiers attending a cannon.

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