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Army life in a black regiment / by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1864-1866).
- United States.
- United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)--Biography.
- United States. Army--Biography.
- African American soldiers--South Carolina--Biography.
- African American soldiers.
- Soldiers--United States--Biography.
- Soldiers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (303 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Scituate, Mass. : Digital Scanning, 2001.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book - originally a series of essays - was written by a Union colonel from New England, in charge of black troops training off the coast of the Carolinas. It offers a refreshing portrait of life in the Union Army as the narrator captures the raw humor that develops among the men in combat.
- Contents:
- ARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT
- CONTENTS
- CHAPTER I
- INTRODUCTORY
- CHAPTER II
- CAMP DIARY
- CHAPTER III
- UP THE ST. MARY'S
- CHAPTER IV
- UP THE ST. JOHN'S
- CHAPTER V
- OUT ON PICKET
- CHAPTER VI
- A NIGHT IN THE WATER
- CHAPTER VII
- UP THE EDISTO
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE BABY OF THE REGIMENT
- CHAPTER IX
- NEGRO SPIRITUALS
- CHAPTER X
- LIFE AT CAMP SHAW
- CHAPTER XI
- FLORIDA AGAIN?
- CHAPTER XII
- THE NEGRO AS A SOLDIER
- CHAPTER XIII
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX
- A. ROSTER OF OFFICERS
- B. THE FIRST BLACK SOLDIERS
- C. GENERAL SAXTON'S INSTRUCTIONS
- D. THE STRUGGLE FOR PAY
- E. FAREWELL ADDRESS OF LT.-COL. TROWBRIDGE
- INDEX.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Originally published: Boston, Fields, Osgood, 1870.
- ISBN:
- 1-58218-357-0
- OCLC:
- 70765326
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