03318nam 2200637 a 450 991045537200332120200520144314.01-280-69684-297866136738000-8093-8696-81-4416-1954-2(CKB)1000000000787833(EBL)1354406(OCoLC)817089049(SSID)ssj0000112937(PQKBManifestationID)11131410(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000112937(PQKBWorkID)10088448(PQKB)11013406(MiAaPQ)EBC1354406(OCoLC)551503945(MdBmJHUP)muse19272(Au-PeEL)EBL1354406(CaPaEBR)ebr10555644(CaONFJC)MIL367380(EXLCZ)99100000000078783319910313d1992 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrBlack troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil War[electronic resource] /Howard C. Westwood ; with a foreword by John Y. SimonCarbondale Southern Illinois University Pressc19921 online resource (204 p.)Paperback edition 2008.0-8093-2881-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Book Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgments; 1. Lincoln's Position on Black Enlistments; 2. Grant's Role in Beginning Black Soldiery; 3. Benjamin Butler's Enlistment of Black Troops in New Orleans in 1862; 4. Generals David Hunter and Rufus Saxton and Black Soldiers; 5. Mr Smalls: A Personal Adventure; 6. Captive Black Union Soldiers in Charleston-What to Do?; 7. Sherman Marched-and Proclaimed ""Land for the Landless""; 8. The Cause and Consequence of a Union Black Soldier's Mutiny and Execution9. Company A of Rhode Island's Black Regiment: Its Enlisting, Its ""Mutiny,"" Its Pay, Its Service10. The Reverend Fountain Brown: Alleged Violator of the Emancipation Proclamation; Index; Author Bios; Back CoverRecounting the experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War In the ten probing essays collected in this volume, Howard C. Westwood recounts the often bitter experiences of black men who were admitted to military service and the wrenching problems associated with the shifting status of African Americans during the Civil War. Black Troops, White Commanders, and Freedmen during the Civil War covers topics ranging from the roles played by Lincoln and Grant in beginning black soldiery to the sensitive issues that arose when black soldiers (and their whiAfrican AmericansHistoryTo 1863United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, African AmericanUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865African AmericansElectronic books.African AmericansHistory973.7/415Westwood Howard C.1909-1040598Simon John Y9806MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455372003321Black troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil War2463592UNINA