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Black Soldiers in Blue: African American Troops in the Civil War Era PDF
478 Pages
2002
6.48 MB
EnglishPreview Black Soldiers in Blue: African American Troops in the Civil War Era
Black Soldiers in Blue The University of North Carolina Press ChapelHill andLondon Black Soldiers in Blue African American Troops N in the Civil War Era Edited by John David Smith Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. ©TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica DesignedbyJacqulineJohnson SetinBembo byTsengInformationSystems,Inc. Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesfor permanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeon ProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevity oftheCouncilonLibraryResources. Frontispiece:‘‘TheBattleatMilliken’sBend—Sketchedby Mr.TheodoreR.Davis’’(Harper’sWeekly,July,, N.C.DivisionofHistoricalResources,Raleigh). LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Blacksoldiersinblue:AfricanAmericantroopsinthe CivilWarera/editedbyJohnDavidSmith. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ---(cloth:alk.paper) ---(pbk.:alk.paper) .UnitedStates—History—CivilWar,–— Participation,AfricanAmerican. .UnitedStates.Army— AfricanAmericantroops—History—thcentury. .African Americansoldiers—History—thcentury. .United States—History—CivilWar,–—Campaigns. I.Smith,JohnDavid,– . .'—dc cloth: paper: Wieder für Sylvie This page intentionally left blank N CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii LetUsAllBeGratefulThatWeHave ColoredTroopsThatWillFight JohnDavidSmith AnIronicRoutetoGlory: Louisiana’sNativeGuardsatPortHudson LawrenceLeeHewitt BattleontheLevee: TheFightatMilliken’sBend RichardLowe TheBattleofOlustee ArthurW.Bergeron,Jr. TheFortPillowMassacre: AssessingtheEvidence JohnCimprich FromtheCratertoNewMarketHeights: ATaleof TwoDivisions WilliamGlennRobertson TheBattleofSaltville ThomasD.Mays TheUSCTintheConfederateHeartland, AnneJ.Bailey LorenzoThomasandtheRecruitmentof BlacksintheMississippiValley,– MichaelT.Meier viii Contents ProvenThemselvesinEveryRespecttoBeMen: BlackCavalryintheCivilWar NoahAndreTrudeau IntheShadowofJohnBrown: TheMilitaryServiceofColonelsThomasHigginson, JamesMontgomery,andRobertShaw intheDepartmentoftheSouth KeithWilson HenryMcNealTurner: BlackChaplainintheUnionArmy EdwinS.Redkey ADisturbanceintheCity: BlackandWhiteSoldiersinPostwarCharleston RobertJ.Zalimas,Jr. USCTVeteransinPost–CivilWarNorthCarolina RichardReid Contributors Index N ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS Illustrations BatteryA,ndU.S.ColoredArtillery(Light), DepartmentoftheCumberland,ca. Recruitmentposter,U.S.ColoredTroops,ca.– Recruitmentbroadside,U.S.ColoredTroops,Philadelphia, PrivateCharlesR.Douglass,thMassachusettsVolunteers SergeantLewisH.Douglass,thMassachusettsVolunteers Unidentifiedsoldier,thMassachusettsVolunteers SergeantJackson,thMassachusettsVolunteers Unidentifiedsoldier,thMassachusettsVolunteers Unidentifiedsoldier,thMassachusettsVolunteers Unidentifiedsergeant,U.S.ColoredTroops Recruitmentbroadside,U.S.ColoredTroops, Philadelphia, ‘‘TheNegrointheWar—VariousEmploymentsof theColoredMenintheFederalArmy’’ CompanyE,thU.S.ColoredTroops, FortLincoln,D.C.,ca. GuardHouseandGuard,thU.S.ColoredTroops, FortCorcoran,Arlington,Va.,ca. ‘‘OurColoredTroopsatWork—TheFirstLouisianaNative GuardsDisembarkingatFortMacombe,Louisiana’’ ‘‘PicketsoftheFirstLouisiana‘NativeGuard’Guardingthe NewOrleans,OpelousasandGreatWesternRailroad’’ ‘‘TheBattleatMilliken’sBend’’
