03276nam 2200661 a 450 991045746510332120200520144314.01-4696-0226-10-8078-3727-X(CKB)2550000000083092(EBL)837885(OCoLC)646360270(SSID)ssj0000590513(PQKBManifestationID)11409308(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000590513(PQKBWorkID)10671613(PQKB)10298510(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245460(MiAaPQ)EBC837885(MdBmJHUP)muse28058(Au-PeEL)EBL837885(CaPaEBR)ebr10535715(CaONFJC)MIL929684(EXLCZ)99255000000008309220070718d2008 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrFreedom for themselves[electronic resource] North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era /Richard M. ReidChapel Hill University of North Carolina Pressc20081 online resource (441 p.)Civil War AmericaDescription based upon print version of record.1-4696-1506-1 0-8078-3174-3 Includes bibliographical references (p. [389]-406) and index.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; YMore 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' families during the war, and the postwarCivil War America.African American soldiersNorth CarolinaHistory19th centuryUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, African AmericanNorth CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Participation, African AmericanNorth CarolinaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Regimental historiesElectronic books.African American soldiersHistory973.7/415Reid Richard M.1943-1054096MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910457465103321Freedom for themselves2486422UNINA$48.3003/24/2015Hist