Army life in a Black regiment
By: Thomas Wentworth Higginson ; with an introduction and a new preface by Howard N. Meyer.
Publisher: W.W. Norton
Published: 1984
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
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: Colonel Higginson's stirring account of his two years at Camp Saxton, recording the immediate effect of a decision that proved crucial to our survival as a nation and that ultimately shaped constitutional history.
Notes: Reprint. Originally published: New York : Collier, 1962.
Includes index.