LEADER 03146nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910461712203321 005 20210809201759.0 010 $a1-4696-0184-2 010 $a0-8078-8252-6 035 $a(CKB)2670000000155595 035 $a(EBL)867054 035 $a(OCoLC)779828559 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000612508 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11414392 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000612508 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10567758 035 $a(PQKB)10691919 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000245501 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC867054 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse23345 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL867054 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10538019 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL930145 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000155595 100 $a20110901d2012 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|||||||nn|n 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation$b[electronic resource] $eAfrican Americans and the fight for freedom /$fGlenn David Brasher 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aChapel Hill $cUniversity of North Carolina Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (297 p.) 225 1 $aCivil War America 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-4696-1750-1 311 $a0-8078-3544-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction: an evening on Malvern Hill -- Preludes: war, slavery, and the Virginia peninsula -- Contraband of war: April-July 1861 -- War is a swift educator: July-December 1861 -- The best informed residents in Virginia: December 1861-April 1862 -- The monuments to negro labor: April-May 1862 -- Those by whom these relations are broken: May 1862 -- An invaluable ally: late May-July 1862 -- A higher destiny: July 1862 -- Conclusion: monarchs of all they survey. 330 $aIn the Peninsula Campaign of spring 1862, Union general George B. McClellan failed in his plan to capture the Confederate capital and bring a quick end to the conflict. But the campaign saw something new in the war--the participation of African Americans in ways that were critical to the Union offensive. Ultimately, that participation influenced Lincoln's decision to issue the Emancipation Proclamation at the end of that year. Glenn David Brasher's unique narrative history delves into African American involvement in this pivotal military event, demonstrating that blacks contributed essential m 410 0$aCivil War America. 606 $aPeninsular Campaign, 1862 606 $aEnslaved persons$xEmancipation$zUnited States$2local 607 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$xParticipation, African American 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aPeninsular Campaign, 1862. 615 7$aEnslaved persons$xEmancipation 676 $a973.7/415 700 $aBrasher$b Glenn David$01034202 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910461712203321 996 $aThe Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation$92453183 997 $aUNINA