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Freedom for themselves : North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era / Richard M. Reid.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Richard M., 1943-
- Series:
- Civil War America.
- Civil War America
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- African American soldiers--North Carolina--History--19th century.
- African American soldiers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- United States.
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- North Carolina.
- North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- 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).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (441 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. In Freedom for Themselves 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.Reid examines the processes by which black men enlisted and were trained, the history of each regiment, the lives of the soldiers' families during the war, and the postwar
- Contents:
- Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE: Raising and Training the Black Regiments; TWO: A Fine, Fighting Regiment; THREE: Issues of ""Civilized"" Warfare; FOUR: A Unit of Last Resort; FIVE: Black Workers in Blue Uniforms; SIX: Families of the Soldiers during the War; SEVEN: Service in the Postwar South; EIGHT: Black Veterans in a Gray State; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-406) and index.
- ISBN:
- 979-88-908818-1-6
- 979-88-9313-273-1
- 1-4696-0226-1
- 0-8078-3727-X
- OCLC:
- 646360270
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