Format:
Online-Ressource (441 p.)
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780807831748
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. 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
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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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
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807837276
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780807831748
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Freedom for Themselves : North Carolina's Black Soldiers in the Civil War Era
Language:
English
Keywords:
Electronic books
