Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781476663845
Subjects: United states, army, regimental histories; United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans
Description: " Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, this book provides the first full-length regimental history of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, chronicling the unit's organization, participation in the Petersburg campaign, guarding of prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland, and its triumphant ride into Richmond. "--