
Army Life in a Black Regiment
Civil War Memories SeriesBy Thomas Wentworth HigginsonLength9h 18m
About this audiobook
Madison & Adams Press presents the Civil War Memories Series. This meticulous selection of the firsthand accounts, memoirs and diaries is specially comprised for Civil War enthusiasts and all people curious about the personal accounts and true life stories of the unknown soldiers, the well known commanders, politicians, nurses and civilians amidst the war.
"Army Life in a Black Regiment" is an account by Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a colonel of the 1st South Carolina Volunteers, the first federally authorized black regiment, in which he described his Civil War experiences. Higginson's account is particularly important owing to the fact that he contributed to the preservation of Negro spirituals by copying dialect verses and music he heard sung around the regiment's campfires.
Audiobook details
GenreHistory, Biography and Memoir
Length9 hrs 18 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 5, 2019
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Army Life in a Black Regiment
11Chapter 10 Life at Camp Shaw
2Chapter 1. Introductory
12Chapter 11. Florida Again?
3Chapter 2. Camp Diary
13Chapter 12. The Negro as a Soldier
4Chapter 3. Up the St. Mary's
14Chapter 13. Conclusion
5Chapter 4. Up the St. John's
15APPENDIX
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6Chapter 5. Out on Picket
16Appendix A Roster of Officers
7Chapter 6. A Night in the Water
17Appendix B The First Black Soldiers
8Chapter 7. Up the Edisto
18Appendix C General Saxton's Instructions
9Chapter 8. The Baby of the Regiment
19Appendix D The Struggle for Pay
10Chapter 9. Negro Spirituals
20Appendix E Farewell Address of Lt. Col. Trowbridge