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Autore |
Reid Richard M. <1943-> |
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Titolo |
Freedom for themselves [[electronic resource] ] : North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era / / Richard M. Reid |
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Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2008 |
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ISBN |
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1-4696-0226-1 |
0-8078-3727-X |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (441 p.) |
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Collana |
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Soggetti |
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African American soldiers - North Carolina - History - 19th century |
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United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American |
North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American |
North Carolina History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories |
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-406) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE: Raising and Training the Black Regiments; TWO: A Fine, Fighting Regiment; THREE: Issues of ""Civilized"" Warfare; FOUR: A Unit of Last Resort; FIVE: Black Workers in Blue Uniforms; SIX: Families of the Soldiers during the War; SEVEN: Service in the Postwar South; EIGHT: Black Veterans in a Gray State; Conclusion; Notes; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. In Freedom for Themselves Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he provides a new understanding of the spectrum of black experience during and after the war.Reid examines the processes by which black men enlisted and were trained, the history of each regiment, the lives of the soldiers' |
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