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Union County's Black soldiers and sailors of the Civil War / Ethel M. Washington.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Washington, Ethel M.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- History.
- African American sailors.
- Union County (N.J.)--Genealogy.
- Union County (N.J.).
- African American soldiers--New Jersey--Union County--History--19th century--Registers.
- African American soldiers.
- African American sailors--New Jersey--Union County--History--19th century--Registers.
- New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
- New Jersey.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Registers.
- United States.
- New Jersey--Union County.
- New Jersey--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- Genre:
- Registers (Lists)
- Directories.
- Family histories.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : History Press, 2011.
- Summary:
- In Union County, New Jersey, many soldiers and sailors of African ancestry answered President Lincoln's call for troops during the Civil War and enlisted in regiments organized in Union County, the United States Colored Troops (USCT), out of-state-regiments and the United States Navy and Marine Corps. ¬They fought not only for country but also for their comrades in chains in the South and for the promise of equality that they had for so long been denied. ¬ rough their stories, never-before-seen photographs, documents and service records, local historian Ethel M. Washington tells a largely overlooked but riveting history of patriotic black servicemen in the North who defended the nation's ideals on the battle field even as they faced discrimination in the ranks and back home.
- Contents:
- Black life in Union County, 1857-1866
- Union County regiments, recruitment and enlistments
- United State Colored Troops (USCT), 1862-1866
- Sailors: United States Navy and Marine Corps
- Rahway contributions to the war effort
- Union County tribute to the sailors and sailors
- Appendix: Roster, miscellaneous state and out of state enlistments.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1596294469
- 9781596294462
- OCLC:
- 711959796
- Publisher Number:
- 99944583994
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