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Black Soldiers in Blue The University of North Carolina Press ChapelHill andLondon Black Soldiers in Blue African American Troops N in the Civil War Era Edited by John David Smith Disclaimer: Some images in the original version of this book are not available for inclusion in the eBook. ©TheUniversityofNorthCarolinaPress Allrightsreserved ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica DesignedbyJacqulineJohnson SetinBembo byTsengInformationSystems,Inc. Thepaperinthisbookmeetstheguidelinesfor permanenceanddurabilityoftheCommitteeon ProductionGuidelinesforBookLongevity oftheCouncilonLibraryResources. Frontispiece:‘‘TheBattleatMilliken’sBend—Sketchedby Mr.TheodoreR.Davis’’(Harper’sWeekly,July,, N.C.DivisionofHistoricalResources,Raleigh). LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Blacksoldiersinblue:AfricanAmericantroopsinthe CivilWarera/editedbyJohnDavidSmith. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ---(cloth:alk.paper) ---(pbk.:alk.paper) .UnitedStates—History—CivilWar,–— Participation,AfricanAmerican. .UnitedStates.Army— AfricanAmericantroops—History—thcentury. .African Americansoldiers—History—thcentury. .United States—History—CivilWar,–—Campaigns. I.Smith,JohnDavid,– .  .'—dc  cloth:          paper:          Wieder für Sylvie This page intentionally left blank N CONTENTS Acknowledgments xi Introduction xiii LetUsAllBeGratefulThatWeHave ColoredTroopsThatWillFight JohnDavidSmith  AnIronicRoutetoGlory: Louisiana’sNativeGuardsatPortHudson LawrenceLeeHewitt  BattleontheLevee: TheFightatMilliken’sBend RichardLowe  TheBattleofOlustee ArthurW.Bergeron,Jr.  TheFortPillowMassacre: AssessingtheEvidence JohnCimprich  FromtheCratertoNewMarketHeights: ATaleof TwoDivisions WilliamGlennRobertson  TheBattleofSaltville ThomasD.Mays  TheUSCTintheConfederateHeartland, AnneJ.Bailey  LorenzoThomasandtheRecruitmentof BlacksintheMississippiValley,– MichaelT.Meier  viii Contents ProvenThemselvesinEveryRespecttoBeMen: BlackCavalryintheCivilWar NoahAndreTrudeau  IntheShadowofJohnBrown: TheMilitaryServiceofColonelsThomasHigginson, JamesMontgomery,andRobertShaw intheDepartmentoftheSouth KeithWilson  HenryMcNealTurner: BlackChaplainintheUnionArmy EdwinS.Redkey  ADisturbanceintheCity: BlackandWhiteSoldiersinPostwarCharleston RobertJ.Zalimas,Jr.  USCTVeteransinPost–CivilWarNorthCarolina RichardReid  Contributors  Index  N ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS Illustrations BatteryA,ndU.S.ColoredArtillery(Light), DepartmentoftheCumberland,ca.  Recruitmentposter,U.S.ColoredTroops,ca.–  Recruitmentbroadside,U.S.ColoredTroops,Philadelphia,  PrivateCharlesR.Douglass,thMassachusettsVolunteers  SergeantLewisH.Douglass,thMassachusettsVolunteers  Unidentifiedsoldier,thMassachusettsVolunteers  SergeantJackson,thMassachusettsVolunteers  Unidentifiedsoldier,thMassachusettsVolunteers  Unidentifiedsoldier,thMassachusettsVolunteers  Unidentifiedsergeant,U.S.ColoredTroops  Recruitmentbroadside,U.S.ColoredTroops, Philadelphia,  ‘‘TheNegrointheWar—VariousEmploymentsof theColoredMenintheFederalArmy’’  CompanyE,thU.S.ColoredTroops, FortLincoln,D.C.,ca.  GuardHouseandGuard,thU.S.ColoredTroops, FortCorcoran,Arlington,Va.,ca.  ‘‘OurColoredTroopsatWork—TheFirstLouisianaNative GuardsDisembarkingatFortMacombe,Louisiana’’  ‘‘PicketsoftheFirstLouisiana‘NativeGuard’Guardingthe NewOrleans,OpelousasandGreatWesternRailroad’’  ‘‘TheBattleatMilliken’sBend’’ 

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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. Collectively, these essays probe the broad military, political, and social signi

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