Army Life in a Black Regiment: The First Civil War Slave Regiment Up Close and Personal

Army Life in a Black Regiment: The First Civil War Slave Regiment Up Close and Personal
ISBN-10
1497423694
ISBN-13
9781497423695
Series
Army Life in a Black Regiment
Category
History
Pages
342
Language
English
Published
2014-03-23
Publisher
CreateSpace
Author
Thomas Wentworth Higginson

Description

ARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT is an authoritative account of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the Civil War. The First South Carolina Volunteers was composed of escaped slaves from South Carolina and Florida and commanded by white officers, including Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who wrote their history and recorded their beliefs and customs, including use of the Gullah language. Introductory Camp Diary Up the St. Mary's Up the St. John's Out on Picket A Night in the Water Up the Edisto The Baby of the Regiment Negro Spirituals Life at Camp Shaw Florida Again? The Negro as a Soldier Conclusion Index

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