Metadata Content type Content type Image Collection(s) Collection(s) Encyclopedia Virginia Title Title Title Compnay E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry Resource Type Resource Type Image Description Description Members of Company E, 4th U.S. Colored Infantry, pose with their rifles at Fort Lincoln, established in Washington, D.C., in 1861 to defend the capital during the Civil War. Local Identifier Local Identifier evr12777 Persons Persons William Morris Smith: Creator (cre) Genre Genre Photographs Wet collodion glass-plate negative Note Note Note Type date/sequential designation Note Between 1863 and 1866 Note Type creation/production credits Note Library of Congress Prints & Photographs Division URL URL http://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/cwp2003000946/PP/ Restriction on Access Restriction on Access Open