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Publication
LSU Press (2000), Edition: Reprint, 400 pages
Description
Against the tumultuous background of military combat, racial conflict, and struggle for national survival, this book brings to life the story and extraordinary performance of The United States Colored Troops on the battlefields of the Civil War. One hundred and eighty thousand African-Americans, enslaved in the South, discriminated against in the North, and widely regarded as inferior in both sections, became soldiers in the Union Army in a bold experiment born of necessity.
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Original language
English
Physical description
392 p.; 6.04 inches
ISBN
0807125601 / 9780807125601
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