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The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the fight for freedom / / Glenn David Brasher



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Autore: Brasher Glenn David Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Peninsula Campaign and the necessity of emancipation [[electronic resource] ] : African Americans and the fight for freedom / / Glenn David Brasher Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Chapel Hill, : University of North Carolina Press, c2012
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (297 p.)
Disciplina: 973.7/415
Soggetto topico: Peninsular Campaign, 1862
Enslaved persons - Emancipation - United States
Soggetto geografico: United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Introduction: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: In 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
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ISBN: 1-4696-0184-2
0-8078-8252-6
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910790013803321
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Serie: Civil War America.