Freedom journey : Black Civil War soldiers and The Hills community, Westchester County, New York / Edythe Ann Quinn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Quinn, Edythe Ann, author.

Series:

Excelsior editions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Colored Troops.

African American soldiers--New York (State)--Westchester County--History--19th century.

African American soldiers.

African American soldiers--New York (State)--Westchester County--Biography.

United States. Colored Troops--Biography.

United States.

African Americans.

History.

Armed Forces.

Westchester County (N.Y.)--Biography.

Westchester County (N.Y.).

United States--Armed Forces--Military life--History--19th century.

New York (State)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.

New York (State).

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.

Regimental histories.

African Americans--New York (State)--Westchester County--History--19th century.

Westchester County (N.Y.)--History, Military--19th century.

Armed Forces--Military life.

Military participation--African American.

New York (State)--Westchester County.

Genre:

Biographies.

History.

Military history.

Physical Description:

xiii, 221 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates ; 26 cm.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, [2015]

Summary:

"The story of thirty-six African American men who drew upon their shared community of The Hills for support as they fought in the Civil War. Through wonderfully detailed letters, recruit rosters, and pension records, Edythe Ann Quinn shares the story of thirty-five African American Civil War soldiers and the United States Colored Troop (USCT) regiments with which they served. Associated with The Hills community in Westchester County, New York, the soldiers served in three regiments: the 29th Connecticut Infantry, 14th Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (11th USCT), and the 20th USCT. The thirty-sixth Hills man served in the Navy. Their ties to family, land, church, school, and occupational experiences at home buffered the brutal indifference of boredom and battle, the ravages of illness, the deprivations of unequal pay, and the hostility of some commissioned officers and white troops. At the same time, their service among kith and kin bolstered their determination and pride. They marched together, first as raw recruits, and finally as seasoned veterans, welcomed home by generals, politicians, and above all, their families and friends"--From publisher's website.

Contents:

The Hills in 1860

War comes to Westchester and The Hills

Sidebar 1: Peekskill men in the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment

Sidebar 2: Aaron Halstead, Jr., landsman, U.S. Navy

Fourteenth Regiment, Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored)

Sidebar 3: Food issues for the USCT

Sidebar 4: Abusive discipline of Black soldiers

Twenty-Ninth Connecticut Regiment, Infantry Colored Volunteers

Sidebar 5: Treating pneumonia in 1864

Sidebar 6: Excerpts from 1st Lt. Henry H. Brown's account of October 27, 1864

Sidebar 7: Medical case of Pvt. John Purdy

Twentieth Infantry Regiment, USCT

Sidebar 8: Chaplain George W. Levere

Sidebar 9: Battle of Port Hudson, May 27, 1863

Sidebar 10: Van Amburgh's circus

Sidebar 11: Attack on Milliken's Bend, June 7, 1863

Post-Civil War years in the Hills

Sidebar 12: Valentine M. Hodgson and M.A. Hodgson, White Plains pension agents

Sidebar 13: "Colored veteran gets pension"

Epilogue

Appendix A: Roster of Hills men in the Civil War

Appendix B: Letters home : Civil War letters of Sergeant Simeon Anderson Tierce

Letter dated November 24, 1863

Sidebar 14: Notes for letter dated November 24, 1863

Letter dated February 15, 1864

Sidebar 15: Notes for letter dated February 15, 1864

Letter dated February 22, 1864

Sidebar 16: Notes for letter dated February 22, 184

Letter dated March 11, 1864

Sidebar 17: Notes for letter dated March 11, 1864

Letter undated (written between March 27 and July 08, 1864)

Sidebar 18: Notes for letter undated (written between March 27 and July 08, 1864)

Appendix C: Jacob Williams of Harrison, private, Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Regiment

Appendix D: Allen Banks' freedom journey.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438455389

1438455380

OCLC:

892620021