African American military Westmoreland County, Virginia / Daisy Howard-Douglas ; design and set-up, Ruth Turner
Contributors: Turner, Ruth
Edition: Second edition.
Publisher: Douglas & Douglas and Co.
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Sandy Point, Virginia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 306
ISBN-13: 9780974239866
Subjects: African American soldiers; Armed Forces; African American troops; Military History; Biography
Description: Covering the time period 1756-2010, this book highlights military personnel from Westmoreland County, Virginia, an extremely rural county.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 286-288) and index.
Table of contents: title: 1. The French and Indian War (1756-1763); title: 2. The Revolutionary War (1775-1783); title: 3. The War of 1812 (1812-1815); title: 4. The United States Civil War, the colored troops and black sailors (1861-1865); title: 5. The Spanish/American War, and Philippines Insurrections (1898-1901); title: 6. World War One (1914-1918); title: 7. World War Two (1941-1946); title: 8. The Korean War (1950-1953); title: 9a. The Viet Nam Conflict (1955-1975); title: 9b. The United States soldiers at home in the USA and on foreign soil (1976-2000+); title: 10. Operating Enduring Freedom (10-07-2001) and Iraqi Freedom (20-02-2002) to the present.