Forged in battle
Subtitle: the Civil War alliance of Black soldiers and white officers
By: Joseph T. Glatthaar.
Publisher: Free Press; Collier Macmillan
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 370
Subjects: United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century; United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865; African Americans -- History; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American; United States -- Race relations
Description: Against the tumultuous background of military combat, racial conflict, and struggle for national survival, this book brings to life the story and extraordinary performance of The United States Colored Troops on the battlefields of the Civil War. One hundred and eighty thousand African-Americans, enslaved in the South, discriminated against in the North, and widely regarded as inferior in both sections, became soldiers in the Union Army in a bold experiment born of necessity.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 339-359.
Includes index.