African Americans In The Civil War

Author : Kevin M. Levin
Publisher : UNC Press Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781469653273

Get Book

Searching for Black Confederates by Kevin M. Levin Pdf

More than 150 years after the end of the Civil War, scores of websites, articles, and organizations repeat claims that anywhere between 500 and 100,000 free and enslaved African Americans fought willingly as soldiers in the Confederate army. But as Kevin M. Levin argues in this carefully researched book, such claims would have shocked anyone who served in the army during the war itself. Levin explains that imprecise contemporary accounts, poorly understood primary-source material, and other misrepresentations helped fuel the rise of the black Confederate myth. Moreover, Levin shows that belief in the existence of black Confederate soldiers largely originated in the 1970s, a period that witnessed both a significant shift in how Americans remembered the Civil War and a rising backlash against African Americans' gains in civil rights and other realms. Levin also investigates the roles that African Americans actually performed in the Confederate army, including personal body servants and forced laborers. He demonstrates that regardless of the dangers these men faced in camp, on the march, and on the battlefield, their legal status remained unchanged. Even long after the guns fell silent, Confederate veterans and other writers remembered these men as former slaves and not as soldiers, an important reminder that how the war is remembered often runs counter to history.

Author : Ronald S. Coddington
Publisher : JHU Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012-08-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781421406251

Get Book

African American Faces of the Civil War by Ronald S. Coddington Pdf

A renowned collector of Civil War photographs and a prodigious researcher, Ronald S. Coddington combines compelling archival images with biographical stories that reveal the human side of the war. This third volume in his series on Civil War soldiers contains previously unpublished photographs of African American Civil War participants—many of whom fought to secure their freedom. During the Civil War, 200,000 African American men enlisted in the Union army or navy. Some of them were free men and some escaped from slavery; others were released by sympathetic owners to serve the war effort. African American Faces of the Civil War tells the story of the Civil War through the images of men of color who served in roles that ranged from servants and laborers to enlisted men and junior officers. Coddington discovers these portraits— cartes de visite, ambrotypes, and tintypes—in museums, archives, and private collections. He has pieced together each individual’s life and fate based upon personal documents, military records, and pension files. These stories tell of ordinary men who became fighters, of the prejudice they faced, and of the challenges they endured. African American Faces of the Civil War makes an important contribution to a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a fascinating look into lives that helped shape America.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : United States
ISBN : LCCN:89012602

Get Book

Teaching with Documents by Anonim Pdf

Author : Douglas A. Blackmon
Publisher : Icon Books
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-04
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781848314139

Get Book

Slavery by Another Name by Douglas A. Blackmon Pdf

A Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the mistreatment of black Americans. In this 'precise and eloquent work' - as described in its Pulitzer Prize citation - Douglas A. Blackmon brings to light one of the most shameful chapters in American history - an 'Age of Neoslavery' that thrived in the aftermath of the Civil War through the dawn of World War II. Using a vast record of original documents and personal narratives, Blackmon unearths the lost stories of slaves and their descendants who journeyed into freedom after the Emancipation Proclamation and then back into the shadow of involuntary servitude thereafter. By turns moving, sobering and shocking, this unprecedented account reveals these stories, the companies that profited the most from neoslavery, and the insidious legacy of racism that reverberates today.

Author : Ronald A. Reis
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : History
ISBN : 9781438126647

Get Book

African Americans and the Civil War by Ronald A. Reis Pdf

The role African Americans played in the Civil War.

Author : Michael A. Eggleston
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9781468566819

Get Book

The White Man's Fight by Michael A. Eggleston Pdf

"The American negroes are the only people in the history of the world. . . . that ever became free without any effort on their own." W. E. Woodward stated this in his biography of General Ulysses S. Grant. Nothing could be farther from the truth as will be seen in this history which will show that the African Americans fighting in the Civil War may have been the deciding factor in determining the outcome.

Author : John David Smith
Publisher : Univ of North Carolina Press
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2005-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780807875995

Get Book

Black Soldiers in Blue by John David Smith Pdf

Inspired and informed by the latest research in African American, military, and social history, the fourteen original essays in this book tell the stories of the African American soldiers who fought for the Union cause. An introductory essay surveys the history of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT) from emancipation to the end of the Civil War. Seven essays focus on the role of the USCT in combat, chronicling the contributions of African Americans who fought at Port Hudson, Milliken's Bend, Olustee, Fort Pillow, Petersburg, Saltville, and Nashville. Other essays explore the recruitment of black troops in the Mississippi Valley; the U.S. Colored Cavalry; the military leadership of Colonels Thomas Higginson, James Montgomery, and Robert Shaw; African American chaplain Henry McNeal Turner; the black troops who occupied postwar Charleston; and the experiences of USCT veterans in postwar North Carolina. Collectively, these essays probe the broad military, political, and social significance of black soldiers' armed service, enriching our understanding of the Civil War and African American life during and after the conflict. The contributors are Anne J. Bailey, Arthur W. Bergeron Jr., John Cimprich, Lawrence Lee Hewitt, Richard Lowe, Thomas D. Mays, Michael T. Meier, Edwin S. Redkey, Richard Reid, William Glenn Robertson, John David Smith, Noah Andre Trudeau, Keith Wilson, and Robert J. Zalimas Jr.

Author : Kari A. Cornell
Publisher : ABDO
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781680774603

Get Book

African Americans in the Civil War by Kari A. Cornell Pdf

This title examines the experiences of African Americans during the Civil War, including enslaved people, free men and women, and those who contributed to the Union war effort. Gripping narrative text, historic photographs, and primary sources make the book perfect for report writing. Features include a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index, plus a timeline and essential facts. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards. Essential Library is an imprint of Abdo Publishing, a division of ABDO.

Author : Danny Duncan Collum,Victor A. Berch,Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives
Publisher : Macmillan Reference USA
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1992
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015029278119

Get Book

African Americans in the Spanish Civil War by Danny Duncan Collum,Victor A. Berch,Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives Pdf

Author : Donald Robert Shaffer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 312 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015060056044

Get Book

After the Glory by Donald Robert Shaffer Pdf

"Shaffer chronicles the postwar transition of black veterans from the Union army, as well as their subsequent life patterns, political involvement, family and marital life, experiences with social welfare, comradeship with other veterans, and memories of the war itself. He draws on such sources as Civil War pension records to fashion a collective biography - a social history of both ordinary and notable lives - resurrecting the words and memories of many black veterans to provide an intimate view of their lives and struggles."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : James R. Fuller
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : History
ISBN : 9780595158263

Get Book

Men of Color, to Arms! by James R. Fuller Pdf

"Forward! Double-Quick!" and away we all rushed toward the fort... capturing two brass field pieces, one of which the rebels left loaded." A true account of Vermont men of color in battle during the Civil War. A barely known fact is that the tiny state of Vermont provided over one hundred and fifty African American soldiers to fight for the Union and by doing so, free millions of their own race. This is their story. Derived from historical archives and through their own words, discover the soldiers who answered the call, "Men of Color, To Arms!"

Author : Carin T. Ford
Publisher : Enslow Publishing, LLC
Page : 50 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780766041257

Get Book

The Civil War's African-American Soldiers Through Primary Sources by Carin T. Ford Pdf

This middle school series brings Civil War history to life through true stories, descriptions of major events and primary source illustrations that will enhance the reader's experience.

Author : Luis F B 1844 Emilio
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019649623

Get Book

History of the Fifty-fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, 1863-1865 by Luis F B 1844 Emilio Pdf

History of the Fifty-Fourth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 1863-1865 is a compelling account of the role of African American soldiers in the Civil War. Written by Luis F. Emilio, a veteran of the regiment, this book provides a firsthand perspective on the challenges faced by African American soldiers during the war. This book is an important contribution to the history of the Civil War and the ongoing struggle for social justice and equality in America. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Jonathan A. Noyalas
Publisher : University Press of Florida
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2022-11-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780813072678

Get Book

Slavery and Freedom in the Shenandoah Valley during the Civil War Era by Jonathan A. Noyalas Pdf

The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction This book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction. Although the Valley was a site of fierce conflicts during the Civil War and its military activity has been extensively studied, scholars have largely ignored the Black experience in the region until now. Correcting previous assumptions that slavery was not important to the Valley, and that enslaved people were treated better there than in other parts of the South, Jonathan Noyalas demonstrates the strong hold of slavery in the region. He explains that during the war, enslaved and free African Americans navigated a borderland that changed hands frequently—where it was possible to be in Union territory one day, Confederate territory the next, and no-man’s land another. He shows that the region’s enslaved population resisted slavery and supported the Union war effort by serving as scouts, spies, and laborers, or by fleeing to enlist in regiments of the United States Colored Troops. Noyalas draws on untapped primary resources, including thousands of records from the Freedmen’s Bureau and contemporary newspapers, to continue the story and reveal the challenges African Americans faced from former Confederates after the war. He traces their actions, which were shaped uniquely by the volatility of the struggle in this region, to ensure that the war’s emancipationist legacy would survive. A volume in the series Southern Dissent, edited by Stanley Harrold and Randall M. Miller

Author : James Haskins
Publisher : Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers
Page : 10 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:49015002465962

Get Book

Black, Blue & Gray by James Haskins Pdf

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.