Army Life in a Black Regiment,9781582183589

Army Life in a Black Regiment

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ISBN13: 9781582183589
ISBN10: 1582183589
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-01-01
Publisher(s): Lightning Source Inc
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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
6(56)
Up the St. Mary's
62(35)
Up the St. John's
97(33)
Out on Picket
130(22)
A Night in the Water
152(15)
Up the Edisto
167(18)
The Baby of the Regiment
185(12)
Negro Spirituals
197(26)
Life at Camp Shaw
223(11)
Florida Again?
234(9)
The Negro as a Soldier
243(21)
Conclusion
264(31)
APPENDIX.
A. Roster of Officers
269(3)
B. The First Black Soldiers
272(6)
C. General Saxton's Instructions
278(2)
D. The Struggle for Pay
280(12)
E. Farewell Address
292(3)
Index 295

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