Army Life in a Black Regiment

Type

Book

Authors

Thomas Wentworth Higginson

ISBN 10

0879280220

ISBN 13

9780879280222

Tags

African American History, Civil War, Black Soldiers, South Carolina, Union Soldiers, Slavery, Autobiography, Primary Source

Abstract

Originally printed in 1870, this volume tells the story of the First South Carolina Volunteers. This group of former slaves who fought for the Union under the command of Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson was the first of its kind, established in 1862. It fought commendably during the war.

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