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A chromolithograph of a soldier in a World War I uniform holding the hand of a woman in a blue dress. In the background troops are marching away. One of the troops is holding an American flag. "The Colored Man is No Slacker" is printed at the bottom…

The Battle of Ball’s Bluff on October 21, 1861, started as a rather typical amphibious crossing of the Potomac River by the Union Army into Virginia to attack the Confederates. Unfortunately, the Union soldiers had to traverse the river in several…