Soldiering for freedom : how the Union army recruited, trained, and deployed the U.S. Colored Troops / Bob Luke and John David Smith.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:How things worked.
Main Author: Luke, Bob
Other Authors: Smith, John David, 1949-
Language:English
Published: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2014.
Series:How things worked.
Subjects:
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.
United States. > Colored Troops.
United States. > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century.
African American soldiers > History > 19th century.
Physical Description:x, 131 pages : illustrations.
Variant Title:
How the Union army recruited, trained, and deployed the U.S. Colored Troops.
Format: Book
Contents:
  • How racism impeded the recruitment of black soldiers
  • How slaves and freedmen earned their brass buttons
  • How white officers learned to command black troops
  • How blacks became soldiers
  • How black troops gained the glory and paid the price.