A Grand Army of Black Men
Subtitle: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 18611865 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 27, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 324
ISBN-13: 9780521434003
Subjects: American history; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; United States - Civil War; Literary Criticism; History - General History; USA; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American; American - General; Civil War, 1861-1865; History; Participation, African American; Personal narratives; United States
First sentence: NICHOLAS BIDDLE, a black man from Pottsville, Pennsylvania, marched through Baltimore with the "Washington Artillerists," on April 18, 1861, on his way to help defend the Capitol in Washington, D.C.