City Update - Seventeen men Exhibit

In this City Update, Megan Maxwell from the Museum of the Cape Fear talks about a special exhibit titled, "Seventeen Men: Portraits of the Men of the 25th US Colored Troops". Learn how the discovery of a tiny pocket-sized photo album led to a months-long research project for genealogist and artist Shayne Davidson, culminating in a series of 17 life sized portraits. The Seventeen Men were soldiers with the 25th US Colored Troops Co. G from 1864-1865. Each portrait is accompanied by a short biography of the man's life and a reproduced image of the original albumin print or tintype Davidson used to create the portrait.