Soldiers in the Army of Freedom, 47: The 1st Kansas Colored, the Civil War's First African American Combat Unit Contributor(s): Sprugeon, Ian M. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0806146184 ISBN-13: 9780806146188 Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press OUR PRICE: $36.58 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: October 2020 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | United States - Civil War Period (1850-1877) - History | United States - State & Local - South (al,ar,fl,ga,ky,la,ms,nc,sc,tn,va,wv) - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies |
Dewey: 973.741 |
LCCN: 2014010474 |
Series: Campaigns and Commanders |
Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.1" W x 9" (1.65 lbs) 456 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 1851-1899 - Topical - Civil War - Ethnic Orientation - African American |
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Publisher Description: It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For the 250 Union soldiers facing down rebel irregulars on Enoch Toothman's farm near Butler, Missouri, this was no battle over abstract principles. These were men of the First Kansas Colored Infantry, and they were fighting for their own freedom and that of their families. They belonged to the first black regiment raised in a northern state, and the first black unit to see combat during the Civil War. Soldiers in the Army of Freedom is the first published account of this largely forgotten regiment and, in particular, its contribution to Union victory in the trans-Mississippi theater of the Civil War. As such, it restores the First Kansas Colored Infantry to its rightful place in American history. |
Contributor Bio(s): Spurgeon, Ian Michael: - Ian Michael Spurgeon holds a Ph.D. in history from the University of Southern Mississippi. He is currently a historian in the World War II Division of the Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office in Washington, D.C. He has written numerous articles on U.S. political, military, and African American history and is the author of Man of Douglas, Man of Lincoln: The Political Odyssey of James Henry Lane. |