A Grand Army of Black Men
Subtitle: Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army 18611865 (Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: November 27, 1992
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 322
ISBN-13: 9780521439985
Subjects: American history; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; United States; Literary Criticism; Correspondence; History - Military / War; Personal narratives; USA; Military - General; American - General; United States - Civil War; History / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); History-Military - General; Literary Criticism & Collections / American; Literary Criticism-American - General; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865-; Civil War, 1861-1865; African American soldiers; History; Participation, African America; Participation, African American
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.