Freedom for themselves : North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era /

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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 pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Reid, Richard M., 1943- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Colored Infantry Regiment, 35th (1864-1866)
United States. > Army. > Colored Infantry Regiment, 36th (1864-1866)
United States. > Army. > Colored Infantry Regiment, 37th (1864-1867)
United States. > Army. > Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, 14th (1864-1865)
1800-1899
African American soldiers > North Carolina > History > 19th century.
Militaires noirs américains > Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 19e siècle.
HISTORY > United States > Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African American soldiers
Military participation > African American
Regimental histories
Soldat
Sezessionskrieg > 1861-1865
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
North Carolina > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories.
Caroline du Nord > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Histoire des unités.
North Carolina
United States
Schwärze
History
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvii, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-406) and index.
ISBN:9780807837276
080783727X
9781469602264
1469602261

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