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Army
Life in a Black Regiment |
Higginson's picture of the battle which was the origin
of praise the Lord and pass the ammunition' and his
reading of the Emancipation Proclamation to the black
regiment are unsurpassed for eloquence.
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2. |
We Look Like Men of War |
A
vivid picture of army life in general and combat.
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3. |
Black
Civil War Correspondent |
In
Thomas Morris Chester, modern readers have an exceptional
companion with whom to share the final year of the war
in Virginia.
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4. |
A
Black Woman's Civil War Memoirs |
A
book of many surprising rewards and pleasures. It was
a delight to read.
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The
Negro's Civil War |
The
Negro people, North and South were eloquent in word
and deed in the Civil War's struggle against slavery.
The spoke and wrote for its abolition; and they fought
and died for it…McPherson shatters the belief that [blacks]
were passive about their freedom. His evidence is telling
and, what is more, it is absorbingly retold.
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Buffalo
Gordon On the Plains: by J.P Sinclair Lewis |
The tumultuous years after the Civil War are seen through
the unique perspectives of an escaped slave who became
a sergeant major of the United States Cavalry in this
ambitious, adventurous saga about one man's experience
as an African American Buffalo Soldier.
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7. |
Black
Troops White Commanders And Freedmen During the Civil
War by Howard C. Westwood |
In
the ten probing essays collected in this volume, Howard
C. Westwood recounts the often bitter experiences of
blacks who were admitted to military service and the
wrenching problems associated with the shifting status
of black Americans during the Civil War.
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8. |
Forged
In Battle by Joseph T. Glatthar |
Against
the tumultuous background of military combat, racial
conflict, and struggle for national survival, prize-winning
historian Joseph Glatthaar brings to life the story
and extraordinary performance of the United States Colored
Troops on the battlefields of the Civil War. One hundred
and eighty thousand African-Americans, enslaved in the
South discriminated against the North, and widely regarded
as inferior in both sections, became soldiers in the
Union Army in a bold experiment born of necessity.
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9. |
A
Slave To Glory by Carol C Shwarts |
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Reuben Bibb and Ona North were enslaved, they married
in 1847 in Franklin County, Missouri. Their strong belief
in god and devotion to the Methodist Church enabled
the couple to face the many hardships of slavery and
guided them in raising their eight children. Reuben
was mustured into the United States Union Army on December
29, 1863. As a volunteer in the United States Colored
Troops, 65th Regiment, Company D, Private Reuben Bibb
fought to save his country and to free all enslaved
African Americans. Reuben served with courage and integrity,
all the while maintaining his faith in God and his love
for his family. After her husband's death on December
12, 1864, Ona North Bibb attempted to maintain the life
that she and Reuben had promised to each other 17 years
earlier. Will she be able to go on without her beloved
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10. |
A
Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American
Soldiers in the Union Army 1861-1865, Vol 63 |
| The
129 letters in this collection were written by black
soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War to black
and abolitionist newspapers. They provide a unique expression
of the black voice that was meant for a public forum.
The letters tell of the men's experiences, their fears,
and their hopes. They describe in detail their army
days--the excitement of combat and the drudgery of digging
trenches. Some letters give vivid descriptions of battle;
others protest racism; still others call eloquently
for civil rights. Many describe their conviction that
they are fighting not only to free the slaves but to
earn equal rights as citizens. |