A Grand Army of Black Men: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 1861–1865

by Edwin S. Redkey

• ISBN13: 9780521439985
• ISBN10: 0521439981
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1992-11-27
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

A vivid picture of the Civil War as seen by black soldiers. The 176 letters in this collection were written by black soldiers to black and abolitionist newspapers. These letters give an extraordinary picture of the war and also reveal the bright expectations, hope, and ultimately the demands that black soldiers had for the future--for themselves and their race. (Cambridge Univ. Press)February

Table of Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

List of abbreviations

Introduction: for freedom and equality

1. Black soldiers in white regiments

2. South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida

3. Virginia and North Carolina

4. The Gulf States

5. Occupation duty

6. For the rights of citizens

7. The struggle for equal pay

8. Racism in the army

9. The navy

10. War's end

Index.