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Author Washington, Versalle F., 1962-

Title Eagles on their buttons : a Black infantry regiment in the Civil War / Versalle F. Washington
Published Columbia : University of Missouri Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 113 pages)
Series Shades of blue and gray series
Shades of blue and gray series.
Contents PREFACE -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- EAGLES ON THEIR BUTTONS -- 1 Raising the Regiment -- 2 Leaders -- 3 Training a Regiment for War -- 4 The Regiment Moves South -- 5 The Battle of New Market Heights and Aftermath -- 6 Operations in North Carolina, 1864- 1865 -- 7 Conclusion -- APPENDIX A USCT Enlistments by State -- APPENDIX B Results of Qualifying Examinations -- APPENDIX C 5th USCT Officers -- APPENDIX D General Orders No. 15 -- APPENDIX E Prisoners of War -- NOTES -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX
Summary Recounts the history of the first all-Black regiment from Ohio
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 103-109) and index
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Subject United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 5th (1863-1865)
SUBJECT United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 5th (1863-1865) fast
Subject African American soldiers -- Registers
HISTORY.
African American soldiers
Military participation -- African American
Regimental histories
Social aspects
African American soldiers -- Ohio.
African American soldiers -- Civil War, 1861-1865.
SUBJECT United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Subject United States
United States, Ohio -- Military history -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States, Ohio -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
United States -- Military history -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Troupes noires.
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Histoire des unités.
États-Unis -- 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) -- Aspect social.
Militaires noirs américains -- Histoire.
Genre/Form directories.
registers (lists)
Directories
History
Registers (Lists)
Directories.
Registers (Lists)
Répertoires.
Registres.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 0826264158
9780826264152
0585345368
9780585345369