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.
- http://www2.netdoor.com/~jgh/

54th. Mass. Volunteer Infantry, Co. I
- Reenactors portray the experience of the African American soldier in the American Civil War in South Carolina.
- http://www.awod.com/gallery/probono/cwchas/54ma.html

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.
- http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/part4/4narr5.html