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Freedom S Soldiers

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Author : Ira Berlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 1998-03-13

Freedom S Soldiers written by Ira Berlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-03-13 with History categories.

Freedom's Soldiers tells the story of the 200,000 black men who fought in the Civil War, in their own words and those of eyewitnesses.

The Black Military Experience

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Author : Ira Berlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2010

The Black Military Experience written by Ira Berlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010 with African American soldiers categories.

This book "...examines the recruitment of black men into the Union Army and the experiences of black soldiers under arms"--Introd.

The Black Military Experience In The American West

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Author : John M.. Carroll
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1971

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Black Military Experience In America

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Author : John Melvin Carroll
language : en
Publisher: J. M. Carroll Company
Release Date : 1996-09

Black Military Experience In America written by John Melvin Carroll and has been published by J. M. Carroll Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1996-09 with African Americans categories.

The Louisiana Native Guards

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Author : James G. Hollandsworth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1995

The Louisiana Native Guards written by James G. Hollandsworth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with History categories.

Early in the Civil War, Louisiana's Confederate government sanctioned a militia unit of black troops, the Louisiana Native Guards. Intended as a response to demands from members of New Orleans' substantial free black population that they be permitted to participate in the defense of their state, the unit was used by Confederate authorities for public display and propaganda purposes but was not allowed to fight. After the fall of New Orleans, General Benjamin F. Butler brought the Native Guards into Federal military service and increased their numbers with runaway slaves. He intended to use the troops for guard duty and heavy labor. His successor, Nathaniel P. Banks, did not trust the black Native Guard officers, and as he replaced them with white commanders, the mistreatment and misuse of the black troops steadily increased. The first large-scale deployment of the Native Guards occurred in May, 1863, during the Union siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, when two of their regiments were ordered to storm an impregnable hilltop position. Although the soldiers fought valiantly, the charge was driven back with extensive losses. The white officers and the northern press praised the tenacity and fighting ability of the black troops, but they were still not accepted on the same terms as their white counterparts. After the war, Native Guard veterans took up the struggle for civil rights - in particular, voting rights - for Louisiana's black population. The Louisiana Native Guards is the first account to consider that struggle. By documenting their endeavors through Reconstruction, James G. Hollandsworth places the Native Guards' military service in the broader context of a civil rights movement thatpredates more recent efforts by a hundred years. This remarkable work presents a vivid picture of men eager to prove their courage and ability to a world determined to exploit and demean them. As one of the Native Guard officers wrote his mother from Port Hudson in April, 1864, "Nobody really desires our success(, ) and it's uphill work".

The Black Experience In The Civil War South

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Author : Stephen V. Ash
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Release Date : 2010-03-02

The Black Experience In The Civil War South written by Stephen V. Ash and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-02 with Social Science categories.

The first book of its kind to appear in a generation, this comprehensive study details the experiences of the black men, women, and children who lived in the South during the traumatic time of secession and civil war. The Black Experience in the Civil War South is the first comprehensive study of the Southern black wartime experience to appear in a generation. Incorporating the most recent scholarship, this thematically organized book does justice to the richness of its subject, looking at the lives of blacks in the Confederate states and the nonseceding Southern states; at blacks on farms and plantations and in towns and cities; at blacks employed in industry and the military; and at black men, women, and children. Drawing on memoirs, autobiographies, and other original source materials, the author details the experiences of blacks who took up residence in Union "contraband camps" and on free-labor plantations and those who enlisted in the Union army. He introduces individuals who escaped from slavery, as well as the small minority of Southern blacks who were free when the war began. Most significantly, this revealing study deals not only with those who gained freedom during the war, but those whose freedom came only after the conflict's end.

Black Soldiers In Blue

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Author : John David Smith
language : en
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Release Date : 2005-10-12

Black Soldiers In Blue written by John David Smith and has been published by Univ of North Carolina Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-10-12 with History categories.

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.

Louisiana Native Guards

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Author : James G. Hollandsworth, Jr.
language : en
Publisher: LSU Press
Release Date : 1995-12-01

Louisiana Native Guards written by James G. Hollandsworth, Jr. and has been published by LSU Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995-12-01 with History categories.

Early in the Civil War, Louisiana's Confederate government sanctioned a militia unit of black troops, the Louisiana Native Guards. Intended as a response to demands from members of New Orleans' substantial free black population that they be permitted to participate in the defense of their state, the unit was used by Confederate authorities for public display and propaganda purposes but was not allowed to fight. After the fall of New Orleans, General Benjamin F. Butler brought the Native Guards into Federal military service and increased their numbers with runaway slaves. He intended to use the troops for guard duty and heavy labor. His successor, Nathaniel P. Banks, did not trust the black Native Guard officers, and as he replaced them with white commanders, the mistreatment and misuse of the black troops steadily increased. The first large-scale deployment of the Native Guards occurred in May, 1863, during the Union siege of Port Hudson, Louisiana, when two of their regiments were ordered to storm an impregnable hilltop position. Although the soldiers fought valiantly, the charge was driven back with extensive losses. The white officers and the northern press praised the tenacity and fighting ability of the black troops, but they were still not accepted on the same terms as their white counterparts. After the war, Native Guard veterans took up the struggle for civil rights - in particular, voting rights - for Louisiana's black population. The Louisiana Native Guards is the first account to consider that struggle. By documenting their endeavors through Reconstruction, James G. Hollandsworth places the Native Guards' military service in the broader context of a civil rights movement thatpredates more recent efforts by a hundred years. This remarkable work presents a vivid picture of men eager to prove their courage and ability to a world determined to exploit and demean them.

The Brothers Vietnam War

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Author : Herman Graham (III)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2003

The Brothers Vietnam War written by Herman Graham (III) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with History categories.

"Clearly focused on exploring the alternative notions of racial manhood which African American servicemen developed during the Black Power era, The Brothers' Vietnam War is a welcome addition to the surprisingly small body of scholarly literature on the black experience in Vietnam. . . . Herman Graham's exemplary use of male bonding rituals, storytelling, handshakes, and hairstyles to examine both gender consciousness and the soldiers' and sailors' transformation to group militancy should serve as a model for future studies."--William L. Van Deburg, University of Wisconsin, Madison "The best study of the black GI experience in Vietnam to date . . . fills a major gap in the histories of Vietnam and of African American men."--Craig Werner, University of Wisconsin, Madison, author of A Change Is Gonna Come: Music, Race and the Soul of America The Brothers' Vietnam War is the first study of the black soldier in the Vietnam conflict to focus on his search for manhood through the inherent power struggles in the military and the Black Power movement of the time. Herman Graham examines the black GI's transformation to individual self-actualization and group militancy, which provides many fresh insights into the wellsprings and workings of black empowerment in the military. Vietnam was the first war in American history in which integration was the official military policy from the inception of hostilities. The armed forces were appealing to many black men because of the promise of equal treatment, but they found the opposite to be true. In response, black GIs banded together and found their masculinity where the white military hierarchy could not reach; however, in combat situations African American men found that the importance of teamwork and trust crossed racial barriers and fostered interracial relationships. Herman Graham draws upon participant interviews (including military officials), news media, memoirs, oral histories, and GI folklore to describe both the manly aspirations and the frustrations of black servicemen who felt emasculated by their subordinate status in the armed forces. Searching for manhood, young African American GIs defined their masculinity through racial solidarity stemming from the Black Power movement in the United States and through defiance of military authority. Graham describes their initiation rituals, storytelling, sex talk, cultural awareness groups, handshakes, hairstyles "emasculating" drug use, and older "Uncle Tom" officers. He offers a splendid analysis of the "symbolic crisis" in black manhood created by Muhammad Ali's overt opposition to the war and provides original insights into particular incidents, most notably the Kitty Hawk events. Herman Graham III is assistant professor of history at Denison University and has published in the Journal of Men's Studies.

Campfires Of Freedom

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Author : Keith P. Wilson
language : en
Publisher: Kent State University Press
Release Date : 2002

Campfires Of Freedom written by Keith P. Wilson and has been published by Kent State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002 with African American soldiers categories.

Three related themes are examined in this fascinating study: the social dynamics of race relations in Union Army camps, the relationship that evolved between Southern and Northern black soldiers, and the role off-duty activities played in helping the soldiers meet the demands of military service and the challenges of freedom. By vividly portraying the soldiers' camp life and by carefully analyzing their collective memory, the author sets the camp experience in the broader context of social and political change.