Army life in a Black regiment, and other writings
By: Thomas Wentworth Higginson ; with an introduction and notes by R.D. Madison.
Series: Penguin classics
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 1997
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
Subjects: Higginson, Thomas Wentworth, 1823-1911.; United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 33rd (1864-1866) -- Biography.; United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864) -- Biography.; United States. Army -- Biography.; Soldiers -- United States -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
Genres: Biography.; Personal narratives.
Description: Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, was a fervent member of New England's abolitionist movement, an active participant in the Underground Railroad, and part of a group that supplied material aid to John Brown before his ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. When the Civil War broke out, Higginson was commissioned as a colonel of the black troops training in the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas.

Shaped by American Romanticism and imbued with Higginson's interest in both man and nature, Army Life in a Black Regiment ranges from detailed reports on daily life to a vivid description of the author's near escape from cannon fire, to sketches that conjure up the beauty and mystery of the Sea Islands.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [xxiii]-xxiv).