Till Victory Is Won
by: Zak Mettger
Black Soldiers in the Civil War
(Young Readers' History of the Civil War)
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| Till Victory Is Won by: Zak Mettger Black Soldiers in the Civil War (Young Readers' History of the Civil War) |
Gr. 6-9. Filling in the blanks left by many other books on the Civil War, this records the history of black soldiers in the conflict. As Mettger says, "New black recruits soon discovered that becoming a soldier was no guarantee of equality, and that not all their fights would take place on the battlefield." Among the topics discussed are the initial reluctance of the Union to enlist black men as soldiers, the use of black soldiers for manual labor rather than for combat, the blacks' determination to prove themselves in battle as well as their eventual recognition for valor, their struggle for equal pay, the plights of their families, and how serving in the army shaped these men's understanding of their rights in postwar America. Photographs, drawings, paintings, and engravings from the period appear in black and white throughout the book. Offering readers glimpses of the faces of individual soldiers, the photos give a sense of reality and timelessness to this record of the war. |
| Black Soldiers in the Civil War Coloring Book by:Alan Archambault |
 Slaves to Soldiers by: Wallace B. Black African-American Fighting Men in the Civil War (First Book) |
Reading level: Ages 9-12 Explores the circumstances of African-Americans who fought in the Civil War, including slaves, free southerners, and northerners. |
| A Brave Black Regiment by: Luis F. Emilio, Louis F. Emilio |
If you are a fan of history, and the civil war, you will love this book. It is the story of the 54th Mass. (the first official Black Regiment during the civil war) with Col. Robert G. Shaw in command. It is written by one of the Captains that actually served with the 54th, so it explains a lot of detail a normal historian could never find out. The History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1863-1865 |
 A Boy Lieutenant by: Freeman S. Bowley, Ronald . Seagrave Memoirs of Freeman S. Bowley 30th United States Colored Troops Officer |
A must read for Sr. High School and College African-Amermican Studies students. |
 Between Two Fires by: Joyce Hansen Black Soldiers in the Civil War |
Brought together in what novelist Hansen (Which Way Freedom?, 1986) calls a ``great experiment,'' black troops in the Civil War faced not only enemy armies but their own side's vicious racism while proving their ability. They had already fought in every previous American war, but never in permanent units; faced with a manpower shortage, Lincoln overcame his reluctance and allowed black companies to form--though some had to assemble and march in secret to avoid civilian riots. Quoting frequently from contemporary sources, Hansen describes their recruitment, their struggle for proper pay, supplies, and training, and their heroic performance in dozens of actions. She contends that, for them, the war had no complex causes: first, last and always, it was a crusade against slavery. Her methodical, well-documented study is ranges wider than Cox's Undying Glory (about the Massachusetts 54th Regiment). |
 The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois by: Edward A., Jr. Miller The Story of the Twenty-Ninth U.S. Colored Infantry |
Historian Edward A. Miller, Jr., chronicles the Civil War experience of a representative African American regiment--the 29th United States Colored Infantry. In a comprehensive examination of the unit's composition, contribution, and post-war fate, Miller demonstrates the value of the 29th as a means of understanding the Civil War experience of African American soldiers, including the prejudice that shaped their service. 67 photos. |
| Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia by: Ervin L., Jr. Jordan A Nation Divided New Studies in Civil War History |
Black Confederates and Afro-Yankees in Civil War Virginia is the first comprehensive study of Civil War Afro-Virginian history and culture. Through it we witness every aspect of black life: slave and free; rural and urban; homefront and battlefield; at work on plantations but also in munitions factories in Richmond; as wartime Union spies and as soldiers in the confederate army. Ervin Jordan has searched from Vermont to Texas and ferreted out forgotten letters, newspaper accounts of the time, oral narratives, speeches, and autobiographies. These primary research materials reveal how African-Americans contributed to the rise and fall of the Old South and show the variety of roles they played, from soldiering, teaching, and preaching to escaping, resisting, surviving, and building. Jordan explores such issues as the roles of free blacks and how they preserved their freedom in a slave society and became important members of their wartime communities; Union officers and enlisted men selling blacks to the North as house servants or military substitutes; and Robert E. Lee's personally freeing two hundred slaves during the war. |
 Fighting Men by: John Zubritsky |
A Chronicle of Three Black Civil War Soldiers |
| A Grand Army of Black Men by: Edwin S. Redkey (Editor) Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army, 1861-1865 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture) |
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) |
 To 'Joy My Freedom by: Tera W. Hunter Southern Black Women's Lives and Labors After the Civil War |
The Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 might have signaled the end of slavery, but the beginning of freedom remained far out of sight for most of the four million enslaved African Americans living in the South. Even after the Civil War, when thousands of former slaves flocked to southern cities in search of work, they found the demands placed on them as wage-earners disturbingly similar to those they had faced as slaves: seven-day workweeks, endless labor, and poor treatment. |
| Black Slaveowners by: Larry Koger Free Black Slave Masters in South Carolina, 1790-1860 |
The subject is unique: free black slave masters in South Carolina from 1790-1860 are revealed in a study which tells how Afro-Americans played slave master roles in South Carolina. Free blacks embraced slavery as a viable economic system: census figures, tax returns, and newspaper ads contribute to details on how Afro-American masters participated in the caste system. |
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