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Lincoln and the U.S. Colored Troops / John David Smith.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, John David, 1949-
- Series:
- UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
- Concise Lincoln library
- Concise Lincoln Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Relations with African Americans.
- Lincoln, Abraham.
- United States. Colored Troops.
- United States.
- United States. Army--African American troops--History--19th century.
- African American soldiers--History--19th century.
- African American soldiers.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (pages cm.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Carbondale : Southern Illinois University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- When Abraham Lincoln issued his final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he not only freed the slaves in the Confederate states but also invited freed slaves and free persons of color to join the U.S.Army as part of the U.S.Colored Troops (USCT), the first systematic, large-scale effort by the U.S.
- Contents:
- The final Emancipation Proclamation and military emancipation
- Emancipation and mobilization
- Discrimination front and rear
- Battles, massacres, parades.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 0-8093-3291-4
- OCLC:
- 863203936
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