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Author:

Egerton, Douglas R., author.

Title:

Thunder at the gates : the black Civil War regiments that redeemed America / Douglas R. Egerton.

Publisher:

Basic Books,

Copyright Date:

2016

Description:

ix, 429 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm

Subject:

United States--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
Massachusetts--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.
United States.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
United States.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
United States.--Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865)--Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865)
United States.--Army--History--History--19th century.
African American soldiers--Massachusetts--History--19th century.
United States--Campaigns.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
United States.--Army.
United States.--Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865)--Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865)
United States.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)
United States.--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)--Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 55th (1863-1865)
American Civil War (1861-1865)
African American soldiers.
Armed Forces--African American troops.
Military campaigns.
Military participation--African American.
Massachusetts.
United States.
1800-1899
History.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-409) and index.

Contents:

The travelers -- The Brahmins -- Readville -- The Sea Islands -- Battery Wagner -- Hospitals and home fronts -- The siege -- Florida -- Liberation -- Occupation -- The veterans -- Epilogue: the legacy of the regiments.

Summary:

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. In Thunder at the gates, Douglas R. Egerton chronicles the formation and exploits of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry -- regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery.

ISBN:

0465096646
9780465096640

OCLC:

(OCoLC)945232329

LCCN:

2016032057

Locations:

DFPC353 -- Ackley Public Library (Ackley)

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

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

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TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

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LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)