The heat was terrific that August afternoon; I remember I found myself constantly changing places, on the scorched deck, to keep my feet from being blistered. At last the officer in charge of the gun, a hardy lumberman from Maine, ...
Army Life in a Black Regiment is a riveting and empathetic account of the lessons learned from an encounter between a New England intellectual and nearly a thousand newly freed slaves.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 - May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.
Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.
Thomas Wentworth Higginson (December 22, 1823 - May 9, 1911) was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.
Higginson's writing of the book is in part his attempt to deal with what today we would call Post-Traumatic-Stress Disorder, and it is no wonder that the tone sometimes reminds the reader of Hemingway's "Big Two-Hearted River.
Union officer's lively, detailed wartime diary captures the raw humor that develops among the men in combat and paints unforgettable pictures of soldiers, routines of camp life, and southern landscapes.
This edition also features a selection of Higginson's essays, including "Nat Turner's Insurrection" and "Emily Dickinson's Letters.
Army Life in a Black Regiment: Large Print By Thomas Wentworth Higginson Thomas Wentworth Higginson was an American Unitarian minister, author, abolitionist, and soldier.
This edition also features a selection of Higginson's essays, including "Nat Turner's Insurrection" and "Emily Dickinson's Letters."
An account of Higginson's (a white Colonel) Civil War experiences.
Army Life in a Black Regiment is Higginson's stirring account of his wartime experiences.
This edition also features a selection of Higginson's essays, including "Nat Turner's Insurrection" and "Emily Dickinson's Letters."
This edition also features a selection of Higginson's essays, including "Nat Turner's Insurrection" and "Emily Dickinson's Letters."
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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.
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....
Reproduction of the original: Army Life in A Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.
This is the story of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States Union Army during the Civil War.