UID:
almafu_9960947612802883
Format:
1 online resource (441 p.)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
979-88-9313-273-1
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1-4696-0226-1
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0-8078-3727-X
Series Statement:
Civil War America
Content:
More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. In Freedom for Themselves Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he provides a new understanding of the spectrum of black experience during and after the war.Reid examines the processes by which black men enlisted and were trained, the history of each regiment, the lives of the soldiers' families during the war, and the postwar
Note:
Description based upon print version of record.
,
Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE: Raising and Training the Black Regiments; TWO: A Fine, Fighting Regiment; THREE: Issues of ""Civilized"" Warfare; FOUR: A Unit of Last Resort; FIVE: Black Workers in Blue Uniforms; SIX: Families of the Soldiers during the War; SEVEN: Service in the Postwar South; EIGHT: Black Veterans in a Gray State; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
,
English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-4696-1506-1
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-8078-3174-3
Language:
English
