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The Civil War affected the African American community in central Pennsylvania in many ways.  Confederate invasions caused upheaval in all communities as free citizens, former fugitive slaves, and "contrabands," slaves who fled north as Union troops liberated their homes, scrambled to get away from advancing rebels who they feared would capture them and take them south into slavery.
 
Others contributed to the war effort in many ways:  by raising aid for soldiers, working in camps and hospitals, recruiting men for the new African American regiments, and by enlisting to serve in those regiments.

These pages will document the varied contributions of African Americans to the war effort in central Pennsylvania.  


Burial Sites and Pennsylvania Connections for African American Troops:

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By Regiment

State and misc.

History

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Pennsylvania Grand Review

Dickinson College Site

 

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