Army Life in a Black Regiment is a classic American Civil War history by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the Civil War. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered, except a portion of the troops raised by Major-General Butler at New Orleans. These scarcely belonged to the same class, however, being recruited from the free colored population of ...
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Army Life in a Black Regiment is a classic American Civil War history by Thomas Wentworth Higginson. These pages record some of the adventures of the First South Carolina Volunteers, the first slave regiment mustered into the service of the United States during the Civil War. It was, indeed, the first colored regiment of any kind so mustered, except a portion of the troops raised by Major-General Butler at New Orleans. These scarcely belonged to the same class, however, being recruited from the free colored population of that city, a comparatively self-reliant and educated race. "The darkest of them," said General Butler, "were about the complexion of the late Mr. Webster."
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This was a wonderful book. It provided information not previously known about the role black soldiers played during the Civil War. I was impressed with the perception of the commander and his training objectives. Great book!
