Army life in a black regiment /

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This book - originally a series of essays - was written by a Union colonel from New England, in charge of black troops training off the coast of the Carolinas. It offers a refreshing portrait of life in the Union Army as the narrator captures the raw humor that develops among the men in combat.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > 33rd Colored Infantry Regiment, (1862-1866)
United States. > Army. > South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864) > Biography.
United States. > Army > Biography.
États-Unis. > Army > Biographies.
United States. > Army
United States. > Army. > South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)
1861-1865
African American soldiers > South Carolina > Biography.
African American soldiers.
Soldiers > United States > Biography.
Militaires noirs américains > Caroline du Sud > Biographies.
Militaires noirs américains.
African American soldiers
African Americans
Military participation > African American
Regimental histories
Soldiers
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Noirs américains.
South Carolina
United States
Biographies
History
Personal narratives
Biographies.
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
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Table of Contents:
  • ARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT
  • CONTENTS
  • CHAPTER I
  • INTRODUCTORY
  • CHAPTER II
  • CAMP DIARY
  • CHAPTER III
  • UP THE ST. MARY'S
  • CHAPTER IV
  • UP THE ST. JOHN'S
  • CHAPTER V
  • OUT ON PICKET
  • CHAPTER VI
  • A NIGHT IN THE WATER
  • CHAPTER VII
  • UP THE EDISTO
  • CHAPTER VIII
  • THE BABY OF THE REGIMENT
  • CHAPTER IX
  • NEGRO SPIRITUALS
  • CHAPTER X
  • LIFE AT CAMP SHAW
  • CHAPTER XI
  • FLORIDA AGAIN?
  • CHAPTER XII
  • THE NEGRO AS A SOLDIER
  • CHAPTER XIII
  • CONCLUSION
  • APPENDIX
  • A. ROSTER OF OFFICERS
  • B. THE FIRST BLACK SOLDIERS
  • C. GENERAL SAXTON'S INSTRUCTIONS.
  • D. THE STRUGGLE FOR PAY
  • E. FAREWELL ADDRESS OF LT.-COL. TROWBRIDGE
  • INDEX.

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