A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861-1865 / / George Washington Williams.

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• VerfasserIn: Williams, George Washington,
• MitwirkendeR: Smith, John David,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2012]; ©2012
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: The North's Civil War
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)

A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865 (originally published in 1888) by pioneer African American historian George Washington Williams remains a classic text in African American literature and Civil War history. In this powerful narrative, Williams, who served in the U....

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Introduction to the Fordham University Press Edition
• Preface
• Contents
• 1. Introductory: Negro Soldiers in Ancient Times
• 2. Negro Soldiers in Modern Times
• 3. Antecedent Facts—Foreshadowing Events
• 4. Military Rendition of Slaves
• 5. The Negro Volunteer—Military Employment of Negroes
• 6. Military Status of Negro Troops
• 7. Negro Idiosyncracies
• 8. The Outlook
• 9. Negro Troops in Battle—Department of the South (1862–1865)
• 10. In the Mississippi Valley (1863)
• 11. The Army of the Potomac (1864)
• 12. The Fort Pillow Massacre (1864)
• 13. In the Army of the Cumberland (1864)
• 14. The Army of the James (1865)
• 15. As Prisoners of War
• 16. The Cloud of Witnesses
• Index