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9780486424828

Army Life in a Black Regiment

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  • ISBN13:

    9780486424828

  • ISBN10:

    0486424820

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2002-12-11
  • Publisher: Dover Publications
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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.

Table of Contents

Introductory
1(5)
Camp Diary
5(35)
Up the St. Mary's
40(22)
Up the St. John's
62(21)
Out on Picket
83(14)
A Night in the Water
97(9)
Up the Edisto
106(11)
The Baby of the Regiment
117(8)
Negro Spirituals
125(22)
Life at Camp Shaw
147(7)
Florida Again?
154(6)
The Negro as a Soldier
160(13)
Conclusion
173(26)
APPENDIX
A. Roster of Officers
176(4)
B. The First Black Soldiers
180(5)
C. General Saxton's Instructions
185(2)
D. The Struggle for Pay
187(9)
E. Farewell Address
196(3)
Index 199

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