A Great Sacrifice : : Northern Black Soldiers, Their Families, and the Experience of Civil War / / James G. Mendez.
A Great Sacrifice is an in-depth analysis of the effects of the Civil War on northern black families carried out using letters from northern black women-mothers, wives, sisters, and female family friends-addressed to a number of Union military officials.Collectively, the letters give a voice to the...
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| Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The North's Civil War
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (304 p.) :; 15 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
- 1 Life in the North: Before the War
- 2 A Grand Opportunity: 1861 and 1862
- 3 The Forming of Black Regiments and Success in Battle
- 4 The Unequal Pay Issue
- 5 Violence on Two Fronts
- 6 Information Requests
- 7 Discharge Requests
- 8 The Conclusion of the War
- 9 After the War: A Different Kind of Battle
- 10 Even Farther Away from Home: Occupation Duty Continues
- 11 Home Again
- Appendix: Northern Black Regiments
- Acknowledgments
- Notes
- Cited Literature
- Index