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Author Reid, Richard M., 1943- author

Title Freedom for themselves : North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era / Richard M. Reid
Published Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 420 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Civil War America
Civil War America (Series)
Contents Raising and training the black regiments -- A fine, fighting regiment -- Issues of "civilized" warfare -- A unit of last resort -- Black workers in blue uniforms -- Families of the soldiers during the war -- Service in the postwar South -- Black veterans in a gray state
Summary More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. 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
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 389-406) and index
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Subject United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 35th (1864-1866)
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 36th (1864-1866)
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 37th (1864-1867)
United States. Army. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, 14th (1864-1865)
SUBJECT United States. Army. Colored Heavy Artillery Regiment, 14th (1864-1865) fast
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 35th (1864-1866) fast
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 36th (1864-1866) fast
United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 37th (1864-1867) fast
Subject African American soldiers -- North Carolina -- History -- 19th century
HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
African American soldiers
Military participation -- African American
Regimental histories
Soldat
Sezessionskrieg 1861-1865
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
North Carolina -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
Subject North Carolina
United States
North Carolina
Schwärze
Genre/Form History
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2007029358
ISBN 9780807837276
080783727X
9781469602264
1469602261