Carte-de-visite photographs of soldiers in the United States Colored Infantry Regiments during the American Civil War1864-1867.engCarte-de-visite photographs of soldiers in the 65th and 67th United States Colored Infantry Regiments during the American Civil War created in the studios of photographers in southern Louisiana, 1864-1867. The studio portraits primarily depict white officers in the regiments, but include a single double portrait of two African American enlisted men, First Sergeant Thomas Stafford and Private Gentry Emmerson, who served as a principal musician playing a fifeOfficers from the regiments include Lieutenant Colonel Henry E. Losey, Captain and Regimental Quartermaster Pomeroy W. Laughlin, Captain Jordan J. D. Scales, Adjutant Albert F. Hunt, First Lieutenant Anson B. Mills, Second Lieutenant Lewis Merriam, and Second Lieutenant Hiram M. RobertsThe photographers in southern Louisiana include Andrew D. Lytle, Baton Rouge; Frey & Olsen, Photographers, Morganza; Theodore Lilienthal's Photographic Gallery and J. W. Perry, both in New OrleansThe 65th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It performed garrison duty at Morganza, La., until May 1865 when it moved to Port Hudson, La., and performed garrison duty there and at Baton Rouge and in Northern District of Louisiana until January 1867. Mustered out January 8, 1867.The 67th Colored Infantry Regiment organized March 11, 1864. It moved from Benton Barracks, Mo., to Port Hudson, La., then to Morganza, La., and stayed there until June 1865. Consolidated with 65th Regiment, United States Colored Troops, July 12, 1865.Title devised by cataloger.Manuscript inscriptions and signatures on the recto and verso of the photographic prints.