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A Black woman's Civil War memoirs : Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, late 1st South Carolina Volunteers / Susie King Taylor ; edited by Patricia W. Romero Johns Hopkins University ; with a new introduction by Willie Lee Rose Johns Hopkins University.
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Taylor, Susie King, 1848-1912.
- Standardized Title:
- Reminiscences of my life in camp
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Taylor, Susie King, 1848-1912.
- Taylor, Susie King.
- United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1864-1886)--Biography.
- United States.
- United States. Army.
- African Americans--South Carolina--Biography.
- African Americans.
- African American nurses.
- South Carolina.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- History.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Regimental histories.
- Regimental histories.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, Female.
- African American nurses--Biography.
- South Carolina--Biography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Penn Provenance:
- Banks, Joanna (donor) (Banks Collection copy)
- Physical Description:
- 154 pages, 6 unnumbered pages : illustrations, portraits ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First Markus Wiener Publishing edition.
- Distribution:
- New York : Distributed by The Talman Company.
- Other Title:
- Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33rd U.S. Colored Troops, late 1st South Carolina Volunteers
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Markus Wiener Publishing, Inc., 1988.
- Contents:
- A Brief Sketch of my Ancestors
- My Childhood
- On St. Simon's Island, 1862
- Camp Saxton
- Proclamation and Barbecue, 1863
- Military Expeditions, and Life in Camp
- On Morris and Other Islands
- Cast Away
- A Flag of Truce
- Capture of Charleston
- Mustered Out
- After the War
- The Women's Relief Corps
- Thoughts on Present Conditions
- A Visit to Louisiana.
- Notes:
- "Cover design by Cheryl Mirkin."
- Reprint. Originally published: Reminiscences of my life in camp with the 33d United States Colored Troops, late 1st S.C. Volunteers. Boston : S. K. Taylor, 1902. With new introduction by Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-154).
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Banks Collection copy presented to the Penn Libraries in 2018 by Joanna Banks.
- ISBN:
- 0910129851
- OCLC:
- 17263934
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