Black Soldiers in Blue
Subtitle: African American Troops in the Civil War Era
Publisher: The University of North Carolina Press
Published: October 31, 2001
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 464
ISBN-13: 9780807827413
Subjects: American history: c 1800 to c 1900; Black studies; United States; Military - General; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - General; United States - Civil War; Blacks In The Military; Military History - U.S. Civil War; History; History - Military / War; History: American; United States.; USA; Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Histor; Military - United States; Social Science / African-American Studies; Participation, African America; African American troops; Participation, African American; 19th century; African American soldiers; Army; Civil War, 1861-1865
First sentence: When President Abraham Lincoln's September 22, 1862, preliminary Emancipation Proclamation went quietly into effect on Thursday, January 1, 1863, Secretary of the Navy Gideon Welles pronounced it "a broad step...a landmark in history" - an "extraordinary and radical measure - almost revolutionary in its character."