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Hinsonville's heroes : Black Civil War soldiers of Chester County, Pennsylvania / Cheryl Renée Gooch, PhD.
Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Pennsylvania Room UPA/Ch E 540 .N3 G66 2018
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Gooch, Cheryl Renée, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- United States.
- African American soldiers--Pennsylvania--Chester County--History--19th century.
- African American soldiers.
- Soldiers, Black--Pennsylvania--Chester County--History--19th century.
- Soldiers, Black.
- Heroes--Pennsylvania--Chester County--History--19th century.
- Heroes.
- African Americans.
- Pennsylvania--Chester County.
- Genre:
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 155 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Charleston, SC : The History Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- "The free black community of Hinsonville sent its sons to serve the Union when called on. As members of the Fifty-Fourth Massachusetts Volunteers, brothers Wesley, William and George Jay survived the bloody battle at Fort Wagner, South Carolina, memorialized in the film Glory. George W. Duffy and Stephen J. Ringgold were part of the only black regiment to lead President Lincoln's funeral procession in Washington. William B. Fitzgerald, Abraham Stout, Samuel H. Blake and Isaac A. Hollingsworth fought with troops who cornered Robert E. Lee's army, forcing surrender at Appomattox Court House. Author Dr. Cheryl Renée Gooch reveals the compelling stories of these brave men and their other Hinsonville comrades" -- From the publisher.
- Contents:
- Sons of pioneers and firsts to enlist / Albert G. Walls, William Jay, Wesley Jay, George Jay, James Cole, and Josiah Cole
- "In case I should be shot please send this to my home, Elkview" / Robert G. Fitzgerald
- Comrades and neighbors / Samuel Henry Blake, Amos Daws, and Isaac Amos Hollingsworth
- Free men of free will / William B. Fitzgerald and Abraham Stout
- "We came here to fight for liberty" / Hugh Hall, Lewis William Ringold, and Lewis Palmer
- Mystery men of Maryland / George W. Duffy and Stephen J. Ringgold
- "Considerable applause" for Harriet Tubman / Charles William Cole.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-152) and index.
- Local Notes:
- The Pennsylvania Abolition Society Complementary Collection.
- ISBN:
- 9781467139465
- 1467139467
- OCLC:
- 1007843400
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