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Officers of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry posing with "Contraband," formerly enslaved African Americans dressed in Federal uniforms at Camp Brightwood in northwest Washington DC.

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Officers of the 2nd Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry posing with "Contraband," formerly enslaved African Americans dressed in Federal uniforms at Camp Brightwood in northwest Washington DC.

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"Captain B.S. Brown (left); Lt. John P. Shaw, Co. F 2nd Regt. Rhode Island Volunteer Infantry (center); and Lt. Fry (right) with African American men and boy."

Lt. Shaw was killed in action at the Battle of the Wilderness, May 5, 1864.

The African American "Contraband" likely come from Maryland, located a few miles north from Camp Brightwood.

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1861 - 1865
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National Parks Gallery
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