The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation : African Americans and the fight for freedom / Glenn David Brasher.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brasher, Glenn David.

Series:

Civil War America.

Civil War America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Peninsular Campaign, Va., 1862.

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

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (297 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the Peninsula Campaign of spring 1862, Union general George B. McClellan failed in his plan to capture the Confederate capital and bring a quick end to the conflict. But the campaign saw something new in the war--the participation of African Americans in ways that were critical to the Union offensive. Ultimately, that participation influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of that year. Glenn David Brasher's unique narrative history delves into African American involvement in this pivotal military event, demonstrating that blacks contributed essential m

Contents:

Introduction: an evening on Malvern Hill

Preludes: war, slavery, and the Virginia peninsula

Contraband of war: April-July 1861

War is a swift educator: July-December 1861

The best informed residents in Virginia: December 1861-April 1862

The monuments to negro labor: April-May 1862

Those by whom these relations are broken: May 1862

An invaluable ally: late May-July 1862

A higher destiny: July 1862

Conclusion: monarchs of all they survey.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

979-88-908858-9-0

979-88-9313-448-3

1-4696-0184-2

0-8078-8252-6

OCLC:

779828559