A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / George Washington Williams.
Williams, George Washington, author.; Smith, John David, contributor.
2012
E540.N3 W7 2012
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Title A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / George Washington Williams.
Author Williams, George Washington, author.
ISBN 9780823240425
DOI https://doi.org/10.1515/9780823240425
Published New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2012]
Copyright ©2012
Language English
Language Note In English.
Description 1 online resource (294 p.)
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1515/9780823240425 doi
Call Number E540.N3 W7 2012
Dewey Decimal Classification 973.708996073
Summary A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 (originally published in 1888) by pioneer African American historian George Washington Williams remains a classic text in African American literature and Civil War history. In this powerful narrative, Williams, who served in the U.S. Colored Troops, tells the battle experiences of the almost 200,000 black men who fought for the Union cause. Determined to document the contributions of his fellow black soldiers and to underscore the valor and manhood of his race, Williams gathered his material from the official records of U.S. and foreign governments and from the orderly books and personal recollections of officers commanding Negro troops during the American Civil War.The new edition of this important text includes an introductory essay by the award-winning historian John David Smith. In his essay, Smith narrates and evaluates the book's contents, analyzes its reception by contemporary critics, and evaluates Williams's work within the context of its day and its place in current historiography.
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Added Author Smith, John David, contributor.
Series The North's Civil War
In Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package Pre-2014
Fordham University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
Available in Other Form print 9780823233854
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Frontmatter
Introduction to the Fordham University Press Edition
Preface
Contents
1. Introductory: Negro Soldiers in Ancient Times
2. Negro Soldiers in Modern Times
3. Antecedent Facts-Foreshadowing Events
4. Military Rendition of Slaves
5. The Negro Volunteer-Military Employment of Negroes
6. Military Status of Negro Troops
7. Negro Idiosyncracies
8. The Outlook
9. Negro Troops in Battle-Department of the South (1862-1865)
10. In the Mississippi Valley (1863)
11. The Army of the Potomac (1864)
12. The Fort Pillow Massacre (1864)
13. In the Army of the Cumberland (1864)
14. The Army of the James (1865)
15. As Prisoners of War
16. The Cloud of Witnesses
Index

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