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Author:

Dobak, William A., 1943-

Title:

Freedom by the sword : the U.S. colored troops, 1862-1867 / by William A. Dobak.

Publisher:

Skyhorse Pub.,

Copyright Date:

c2013

Description:

xvi, 553 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.

Subject:

United States--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
African American soldiers--History--19th century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Mustering in-federal policy on emancipation and recruitment -- The South Atlantic Coast, 1861-1863 -- The South Atlantic Coast, 1863-1865 -- Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1862-1863 -- Southern Louisiana and the Gulf Coast, 1863-1865 -- The Mississippi River and its tributaries, 1861-1863 -- Along the Mississippi River, 1863-1865 -- Arkansas, Indian Territory, and Kansas, 1863-1865 -- Middle Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia, 1863-1865 -- North Carolina and Virginia, 1861-1864 -- Virginia, May-October 1864 -- Kentucky, North Carolina, and Virginia, 1864-1865 -- South Texas, 1864-1867 -- Reconstruction, 1865-1867.

ISBN:

1616088397 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9781616088392 (pbk. : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)783162865

LCCN:

2012022725

Locations:

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

KWPE446 -- Mount Pleasant Public Library (Mount Pleasant)