Soldiering for Freedom: How the Union Army Recruited, Trained, and Deployed the U.S. Colored Troops
(Part of the How Things Worked Series)
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The story of an enormous step forward in both the struggle for black freedom and the defeat of the Confederacy: turning former enslaved men into Union soldiers. After President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, Confederate slaves who could reach Union lines often made that perilous journey. A great many of the young and middle-aged among them, along with other black men in the free and border...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:1421413604
ISBN13:9781421413600
Release Date:June 2014
Publisher:Johns Hopkins University Press
Length:144 Pages
Weight:0.45 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.0" x 9.1"
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