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Author:

Leonard, Elizabeth D.

Title:

Men of color to arms! : Black soldiers, Indian wars, and the quest for equality / Elizabeth D. Leonard.

Edition:

1st ed.

Publisher:

W.W. Norton & Co.,

Copyright Date:

c2010

Description:

xviii, 315 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject:

African American soldiers--History--19th century.
Indians of North America--Participation, African American.--1866-1895--Participation, African American.
African American soldiers--West (U.S.)--History--19th century.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
United States--History--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Wanted : Black men for federal army service -- Black soldiers go west -- Doing the nation's work on the western frontier -- National progress, race thinking, and taking on West Point -- Insult and injury -- Struggling for citizenship in the 1890s.

ISBN:

039306039X (hardcover)
9780393060393 (hardcover)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)449865104

LCCN:

2010014337

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

PRAX771 -- Cowles Library (Des Moines)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)