Thunder at the gates : the Black Civil War regiments that redeemed America /

Thunder at the gates : the Black Civil War regiments that redeemed America / Douglas R. Egerton.

Almost immediately after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the raising of black regiments. The South and most of the North responded with outrage. Southerners vowed to enslave black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that b...

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Main Author: Egerton, Douglas R. (Author)
Other title:Black Civil War regiments that redeemed America.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Basic Books, [2016]
Subjects:
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
United States. > Army. > Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865)
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century.
United States. > Army.
American Civil War (1861-1865)
African American soldiers > Massachusetts > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers.
Armed Forces > African American troops.
Military campaigns.
Military participation > African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Campaigns.
Massachusetts.
United States.
History.

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