Whence they came
Subtitle: the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy
By: Harry Bradshaw Matthews
Contributors: United States Colored Troops Institute for Local History and Family Research
Edition: Revised: 2010
Publisher: USCT Institute for Local History and Family Research
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oneonta, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 140
ISBN-13: 9781467534383
Subjects: Genealogy; United States. Colored Troops; United States; African Americans; African American soldiers; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction --; title: I. The rapper : voice of a new generation --; title: II. The Myei challenge --; title: III. The local folklore --; title: IV. The cemetery visit --; title: V. The tombstone inscriptions --; title: VI. Return to Lincoln Cemetery --; title: VII. Verifying the names of colored troops --; title: VIII. Completing the index review --; title: IX. Visits to libraries and the archives --; title: X. Bringing the colored troops home --; title: XI. Adams County Historical Society records --; title: XII. Dissecting local documents --; title: XIII. Correcting folklore with facts --; title: XIV. The Maryland-Virginia connection with early African Americans in Gettysburg --; title: XV. The roots of U.S. Colored Troops --; title: XVI. Gettysburg's U.S. Colored Troops --; title: XVII. When the U.S. Colored Troops came home --; title: XVIII. Whence we came --; title: Chapter notes --; title: Bibliography.