Summary: During the Civil War, more than 200,000 black men enlisted in the Union Army or Navy. African American Faces of the Civil War explores the war through the images of men of color. The book’s author, Ronald S. Coddington, is our guest. He writes “Faces of War,” a column for the Civil War News and contributes to The New York Times online. Watch for images from the book on the Dan Rodricks Facebook page in the days leading up to the show.
