The 36th Infantry United States Colored Troops in the Civil War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The 36th Infantry United States Colored Troops in the Civil War write by James K. Bryant, II. This book was released on 2014-01-02. The 36th Infantry United States Colored Troops in the Civil War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. During the Civil War, African American war correspondent Thomas Morris Chester was so inspired by the men of the 36th United States Colored Troops that he declared the group to be "a model regiment." Composed primarily of former slaves recruited from Union-occupied areas of eastern North Carolina and southeastern Virginia, the 36th USCT participated in large-scale expeditions to liberate slaves, guarded Confederate prisoners at major POW camps, served in the trenches before Petersburg and Richmond, and stood as one of the first units to enter the abandoned Confederate capital on April 3, 1865. This volume, which includes a complete regimental roster, explores the background of these former slaves and their families, examines their initial recruitment and chronicles their military contributions throughout the war. More than a unit history, the story of the 36th USCT offers a vivid portrait of the challenging transition from slavery to freedom.
Eagles on Their Buttons
Eagles on Their Buttons - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Eagles on Their Buttons write by Versalle F. Washington. This book was released on 1999. Eagles on Their Buttons available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Eagles on Their Buttons is a fascinating examination of the Fifth Regiment of Infantry, United States Colored Troops -- the Union Army's first black regiment from Ohio. Although the Fifth USCT was one of more than 150 regiments of black troops making up more than 10 percent of the Union Army at the end of the war, it was unique. The majority of USCT regiments were made up of freed men who viewed the army as an escape from slavery and a chance to take up arms against their former masters. The men serving in the 5th USCT, however, were freemen who were raised in a northern state and saw serving in the army both as a way to gain equal rights under the law and as an opportunity to prove their worth as men. Copyright © Libri GmbH. All rights reserved.
Freedom for Themselves
Freedom for Themselves - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Freedom for Themselves write by Richard M. Reid. This book was released on 2012-02-01. Freedom for Themselves available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. In Freedom for Themselves Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he provides a new understanding of the spectrum of black experience during and aftger the war.
Freedom by the Sword
Freedom by the Sword - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Freedom by the Sword write by William A. Dobak. This book was released on 2011. Freedom by the Sword available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From late 1862 to the spring of 1865, the federal government accepted more than 180,000 black men as soldiers, something it had never done before on such a scale. Known collectively as the United States Colored Troops and organized in segregated regiments led by white officers, some of these soldiers guarded army posts along major rivers; others fought Confederate raiders to protect Union supply trains; and still others took part in major operations like the siege of Petersburg and the battle of Nashville. After the war, many of the black regiments garrisoned the former Confederacy to enforce federal Reconstruction policy. This book tells the story of these soldiers' recruitment, organization, and service.
Freedom by the Sword
Freedom by the Sword - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Freedom by the Sword write by William A. Dobak. This book was released on 2013-02-01. Freedom by the Sword available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. The Civil War changed the United States in many ways—economic, political, and social. Of these changes, none was more important than Emancipation. Besides freeing nearly four million slaves, it brought agricultural wage labor to a reluctant South and gave a vote to black adult males in the former slave states. It also offered former slaves new opportunities in education, property ownership—and military service. From late 1862 to the spring of 1865, as the Civil War raged on, the federal government accepted more than 180,000 black men as soldiers, something it had never done before on such a scale. Known collectively as the United States Colored Troops and organized in segregated regiments led by white officers, some of these soldiers guarded army posts along major rivers; others fought Confederate raiders to protect Union supply trains, and still others took part in major operations like the Siege of Petersburg and the Battle of Nashville. After the war, many of the black regiments took up posts in the former Confederacy to enforce federal Reconstruction policy. Freedom by the Sword tells the story of these soldiers' recruitment, organization, and service. Thanks to its broad focus on every theater of the war and its concentration on what black soldiers actually contributed to Union victory, this volume stands alone among histories of the U.S. Colored Troops.
