Marching Toward Freedom: Blacks in the Civil War, 1861-1865

James M. McPherson

Facts on File, 1991 - Juvenile Nonfiction - 142 pages

Written by a team of prominent writers and distinguished historians, the Library of American History series weaves documents left behind by historical witnesses into dramatic narratives filled with vivid portraits of famous and ordinary people, places, and events. People long gone and struggles long past come to life again in the letters, diaries, songs, speeches, and official papers that compose the vital core of this remarkable series.

Here is the gripping story of the vital role African Americans played in the Civil War.

About the author

James M. McPherson is the author of Battle Cry of Freedom: The Civil War Era, which won a Pulitzer Prize in history, and For Cause and Comrades: Why Men Fought in the Civil War, a Lincoln Prize winner. He is the George Henry Davis Professor of American History at Princeton University in New Jersey, where he also lives. His newest book, entitled Abraham Lincoln, celebrates the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth with a short, but detailed look at this president's life.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Marching Toward Freedom: Blacks in the Civil War, 1861-1865; Library of American history
• Author: James M. McPherson
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Facts on File, 1991
• ISBN: 0816023379, 9780816023370
• Length: 142 pages
• Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / General