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xi, 250 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-245) and index. |
| Contents |
This Is a White Man's War -- Suddenly, War -- Call to Arms -- Freedmen Spurned -- Partial Acceptance by the Confederacy -- Southern Negroes as Confederate Soldiers -- Mobilization for War: 1861 -- Manpower Needs -- No Negroes Need Apply -- The Union's Grand Plan -- Heavy Fighting -- The Door Stands Slightly Ajar: 1862 -- The Winds of Change Blow -- The Congress Acts -- The Army Opens the Door -- The President Opens the Door -- Hunter's South Carolina Regiment -- The Kansas Regiments -- The Louisiana Native Guard Regiments -- And So It Came to Pass -- The Emancipation Proclamation: 1863 -- Meaning and Effect -- Recruitment and Organization Begins -- Help from the Army -- The Corps d'Afrique -- The Bureau for Colored Troops -- Free School for Military Tactics--Colored Troops -- Black Soldiers Prove Themselves Men: 1863 -- Field Operations -- New Learning Experiences -- Shared Battles -- Shared Victories and Defeats -- The Battle of Port Hudson -- The Battle of Milliken's Bend -- The Battle of Fort Wagner -- Total Commitment: 1864 -- New Confidence in Black Soldiers -- Major Battles -- The Battle of Olustee ("Ocean Pond") -- The Alleged "Massacre" at Fort Pillow -- General Grant's Plan -- The Battle of Wilson's Wharf Landing (Fort Powhatan) -- The Battle of Petersburg -- The Battle of the Crater -- The Battle of Chaffin's Farm -- The Battle of Athens, Alabama -- Black Soldiers in the Final Year: 1865 -- The Black Flag -- The End of the Siege of Petersburg -- The Fall of Richmond -- The Last Battle of the War. |
| Summary |
A history of the black soldiers in the Union Army and how they contributed to the victory in the Civil War. |
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"This book refutes the historical slander that Blacks did not fight for their emancipation from slavery. At first harshly rejected in their attempts to enlist in the Union army, Blacks were eventually accepted into the service--often through the efforts of individual generals who, frustrated with bureaucratic inaction in the face of dwindling forces, overrode orders from the secretary of war and the president himself. By the end of the war, Black soldiers had numbered over 187,000 and served in 167 regiments. Seventeen were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor. Theirs was a remarkable achievement whose full story is here told for the first time"--Amazon.com. |
| Subject |
United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
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African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century.
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United States. Army. |
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Armed Forces -- African American troops |
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Military participation -- African American. |
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United States. |
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African American soldiers -- Civil War, 1861-1865. |
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United States -- Military history -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Minorities. |
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American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865) |
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1800-1899 |
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American Civil War Army operations by United States. Army. Black soldiers |
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History. |
| Added Title |
Hon. Damon J. Keith Collection.
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| Related To |
Online version: Hargrove, Hondon B., 1916- Black Union soldiers in the Civil War. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©1988 |
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Online version: Hargrove, Hondon B., 1916- Black Union soldiers in the Civil War. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, ©1988 |
| Standard No. |
18629106 1104805148 1164541686 1164683400 1175695094 |
| ISBN |
0899503373 (lib. bdg. ; alk. paper) |
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9780899503370 (lib. bdg. ; alk. paper) |
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0786416971 |
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9780786416974 |
| OCLC # |
18190666 |
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