Freedom: A Documentary History of Emancipation 1861-1867: Series 11: The Black Military Experience

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Joseph Patrick Reidy, Leslie S. Rowland
Cambridge University Press, 1982 - African Americans - 1335 pages
The Civil War not only brought freedom to slaves, but it also brought military duty for many American blacks at the front lines of the warring armies. The extraordinary & virtually unknown documents in this book, written by slaves & masters, blacks & whites, soldiers & citizens, make vivid the monumental struggles of the 1860s.

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