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Author
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
ix, 429 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Almost immediately after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the raising of black regiments. The South and most of the North responded with outrage. Southerners vowed to enslave black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the courage to fight. Yet Boston's Brahmins, always eager for a moral crusade, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history....
23) Glory
Language
English
Description
Based on the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War. Robert Gould Shaw and Cabot Forbes are two idealistic young Bostonians that lead the regiment; Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the inspiration who unites the troops ; Pvt. Trip is a runaway slave who joins the regiment.
25) Dark trail
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998.
Physical Desc
374 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When the War Between the States was finally over, many men returned from battle only to find their homes destroyed and their families scattered to the wind. Bodie Johnson was one of those men. But while some families fled before advancing armies, the Johnson family was packed up like cattle and shipped west--on a slave train. With only that information to go on, Bodie set out to find whatever remained of his family. And he would do it. Because no...
27) Buffalo soldiers
Author
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Buffalo soldiers were African American troops in segregated units of the Army. They were called Buffalo soldiers by Native American Indians who were fighting against the United States after the end of the Civil War.
30) The Black Panthers: a story of race, war, and courage : the 761st Tank Battalion in World War II
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxvi, 321 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
31) A more unbending battle: the Harlem Hellfighters' struggle for freedom in WWI and equality at home
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
xi, 291 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The untold story of the Harlem Hellfighters, the all-black World War I regiment from Harlem who--against all odds--became one of the most feared and decorated units of the war.
33) Civil War
Author
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color), color map ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Presents information regarding African American involvement in United States Civil War of 1861 to 1865, including background information, key events throughout the war, the aftermath of the war, and important people and groups." -- Provided by publisher.
Author
Pub. Date
[1993]
Physical Desc
xii, 174 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the history of the 9th and 10th Cavalry regiments, comprised of African American soldiers recruited to open the West to settlers and whose deeds included escorting wagon trains, carrying mail, and fighting battles against Native Americans.
36) Buffalo soldiers
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
80 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Recounts the deeds of the 9th and 10th Cavalry, comprised of African American soldiers who kept peace between Indians and settlers on the western frontier, fought in the Spanish-American War, and pursued the outlaw Pancho Villa through Mexico.
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