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1 online resource (201 pages) |
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Cover Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; One: For Freedom and Union; Two: Off to the Wars; Three: Willing Hearts and Strong Hands; Four: Errands of Destruction; Five: Error and Redemption; Six: Heat! Dust! Flies!; Seven: "Boys, Save the Colors!"; Eight: Seaside Excursion; Nine: Like Lords and Conquerors; Ten: The Last Long Year; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Back Cover |
| Summary |
The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late 1863 to mid-1865. The regiment-drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England states-served in Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. From May to December 1864, the 4th saw action in the Bermuda Hundred and Richmond-Petersburg campaigns, and in early 1865 helped capture the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina, the last open seaport of value to the Confe |
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Print version record |
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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 4th (1863-1866)
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United States. Army. Colored Infantry Regiment, 4th (1863-1866) fast |
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African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century
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HISTORY -- United States -- Civil War Period (1850-1877)
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Ethnic Studies -- African American Studies.
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African American soldiers
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Military campaigns
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Military participation -- African American
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Regimental histories
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140267
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140216
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United States
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History
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780803274570 |
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0803274572 |
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