Author : Robert Cowden
Publisher :
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,86 MB
Release : 1883
Category : United States
ISBN :
Author : James K. Bryant, II
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 39,50 MB
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0786490209
During the Civil War, African American war correspondent Thomas Morris Chester was so inspired by the men of the 36th United States Colored Troops that he declared the group to be "a model regiment." Composed primarily of former slaves recruited from Union-occupied areas of eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, the 36th USCT participated in large-scale expeditions to liberate slaves, guarded Confederate prisoners at major POW camps, served in the trenches before Petersburg and Richmond, and stood as one of the first units to enter the abandoned Confederate capital on April 3, 1865. This volume, which includes a complete regimental roster, explores the background of these former slaves and their families, examines their initial recruitment and chronicles their military contributions throughout the war. More than a unit history, the story of the 36th USCT offers a vivid portrait of the challenging transition from slavery to freedom.
Author : Robert Cowden
Publisher :
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 19,96 MB
Release : 1971
Category : History
ISBN :
Author : US Army Military History Research Collection
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 28,2 MB
Release : 1971
Category : African American soldiers
ISBN :
Author : James T. Controvich
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 432 pages
File Size : 43,17 MB
Release : 2011-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0810874806
While the role of the African American in American history has been written about extensively, it is often difficult to locate the wealth of material that has been published. African-Americans in Defense of the Nation builds on a long list of early bibliographies concerning the subject, bringing together a broad spectrum of titles related to the African-American participation in America's wars. It covers both military exploits—as African Americans have been involved in every American conflict since the Revolution—and their participation in the homefront support.
Author : Hondon B. Hargrove
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 19,70 MB
Release : 2003-10-03
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786416974
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.
Author : James M. McPherson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 402 pages
File Size : 45,21 MB
Release : 2008-12-10
Category : History
ISBN : 0307488608
In this classic study, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James M. McPherson deftly narrates the experience of blacks--former slaves and soldiers, preachers, visionaries, doctors, intellectuals, and common people--during the Civil War. Drawing on contemporary journalism, speeches, books, and letters, he presents an eclectic chronicle of their fears and hopes as well as their essential contributions to their own freedom. Through the words of these extraordinary participants, both Northern and Southern, McPherson captures African-American responses to emancipation, the shifting attitudes toward Lincoln and the life of black soldiers in the Union army. Above all, we are allowed to witness the dreams of a disenfranchised people eager to embrace the rights and the equality offered to them, finally, as citizens.
Author : Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 968 pages
File Size : 46,11 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780674002760
Compiles information and interpretations on the past 500 years of African American history, containing essays on historical research aids, bibliographies, resources for womens' issues, and an accompanying CD-ROM providing bibliographical entries.
Author : John Slonaker
Publisher :
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 10,34 MB
Release : 1971
Category : African American soldiers
ISBN :
Author : Assistant Professor of History Jonathan Lande
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 45,86 MB
Release : 2024-10-15
Category : History
ISBN : 019753175X
Freedom Soldiers examines the lives of formerly enslaved men who deserted the US Army during the Civil War and their experiences in army camps, courts, and prisons. It explores their reasons for leaving, often through their own voices from courts-martial testimony.
