Freedom journey : Black Civil War soldiers and the Hills community, Westchester County, New York /

"The story of thirty-six African American men who drew upon their shared community of The Hills for support as they fought in the Civil War. Through wonderfully detailed letters, recruit rosters, and pension records, Edythe Ann Quinn shares the story of thirty-five African American Civil War so...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Quinn, Edythe Ann (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]
Colección:Excelsior editions.
Temas:
United States. > Colored Troops > Biography.
United States. > Colored Troops
1800-1899
African American soldiers > New York (State) > Westchester County > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers > New York (State) > Westchester County > Biography.
African Americans > New York (State) > Westchester County > History > 19th century.
Militaires noirs américains > New York (État) > Westchester > Histoire > 19e siècle.
Militaires noirs américains > New York (État) > Westchester > Biographies.
Noirs américains > New York (État) > Westchester > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > State & Local > General.
African American soldiers
African Americans
Armed Forces > Military life
Military participation > African American
Regimental histories
Westchester County (N.Y.) > Biography.
United States > Armed Forces > Military life > History > 19th century.
New York (State) > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Westchester County (N.Y.) > History, Military > 19th century.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
New York (State)
New York (State) > Westchester County
United States
Biographies
History
Military history
Biographies.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The Hills in 1860
  • War comes to Westchester and The Hills
  • Sidebar 1: Peekskill men in the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment
  • Sidebar 2: Aaron Halstead, Jr., landsman, U.S. Navy
  • Fourteenth Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored)
  • Sidebar 3: Food issues for the USCT
  • Sidebar 4: Abusive discipline of Black soldiers
  • Twenty-Ninth Connecticut Regiment, Infantry Colored Volunteers
  • Sidebar 5: Treating pneumonia in 1864
  • Sidebar 6: Excerpts from 1st Lt. Henry H. Brown's account of October 27, 1864
  • Sidebar 7: Medical case of Pvt. John Purdy
  • Twentieth Infantry Regiment, USCT
  • Sidebar 8: Chaplain George W. Levere
  • Sidebar 9: Battle of Port Hudson, May 27, 1863
  • Sidebar 10: Van Amburgh's circus
  • Sidebar 11: Attack on Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863
  • Post-Civil War years in the Hills
  • Sidebar 12: Valentine M. Hodgson and M.A. Hodgson, White Plains pension agents
  • Sidebar 13: "Colored veteran gets pension"
  • Epilogue
  • Appendix A: Roster of Hills men in the Civil War
  • Appendix B: Letters home : Civil War letters of Sergeant Simeon Anderson Tierce
  • Letter dated November 24, 1863
  • Sidebar 14: Notes for letter dated November 24, 1863
  • Letter dated February 15, 1864
  • Sidebar 15: Notes for letter dated February 15, 1864
  • Letter dated February 22, 1864
  • Sidebar 16: Notes for letter dated February 22, 184
  • Letter dated March 11, 1864
  • Sidebar 17: Notes for letter dated March 11, 1864
  • Letter undated (written between March 27 and July 08, 1864)
  • Sidebar 18: Notes for letter undated (written between March 27 and July 08, 1864)
  • Appendix C: Jacob Williams of Harrison, private, Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment
  • Appendix D: Allen Banks' freedom journey.

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