The True Story of Black Battalions: 6 Civil War Memoirs
Firsthand Civil War Memoirs of Black Union Soldiers, Freedom, and CitizenshipBy Joseph Warren Keifer, Joseph T. Wilson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Frank A. Rollin, Joshua M. Addeman, Susie King Taylor
Length68h 36m
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The True Story of Black Battalions: 6 Civil War Memoirs gathers firsthand accounts of the United States Colored Troops, illuminating emancipation, military service, racial violence, discipline, and citizenship in the Civil War era. Ranging from campaign narrative and regimental history to personal reminiscence and eyewitness testimony, the volume juxtaposes official-minded military observation with intimate accounts of Black soldiers' labor, courage, and contested recognition. Its accounts of recruitment, battlefield action, and the uneven realities of freedom make the collection an important intervention in Civil War memory. The contributors include officers, observers, and Susie King Taylor, whose experiences as a nurse, teacher, and participant in the Union war effort bring indispensable immediacy to the anthology. Together, these voices emerge from the abolitionist, Unionist, and Reconstruction-era struggles that transformed Black enlistment into a central question of national purpose. Their differing social positions and narrative methods reveal both the promises of emancipation and the prejudices that continued to shape its representation. This volume is strongly recommended for readers of Civil War history, African American literature, and memoir. It offers the rare opportunity to study multiple perspectives on Black military service within one compact corpus, inviting comparison among styles, assumptions, and memories. Its dialogue of testimony and historical reflection makes it valuable both for classroom use and for independent readers seeking a fuller understanding of freedom's wartime costs.
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GenreHistory, Literary Classics
Length68 hrs 36 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateJul 31, 2024
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Real-Life Stories that Abolished Slavery: 20 Most Influential Slave Narratives
26CHAPTER XI. (pt. 2)
2Slavery & Four Years of War
27CHAPTER XII.
3VOLUME I. (pt. 1)
28CHAPTER XIII.
4VOLUME I. (pt. 2)
29CHAPTER XIV.
5VOLUME I. (pt. 3)
30CHAPTER II.
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6VOLUME I. (pt. 4)
31Army Life in a Black Regiment
7VOLUME I. (pt. 5)
32Chapter 1. Introductory
8VOLUME II. (pt. 1)
33Chapter 2. Camp Diary
9VOLUME II. (pt. 2)
34Chapter 3. Up the St. Mary's
10VOLUME II. (pt. 3)
35Chapter 4. Up the St. John's
11VOLUME II. (pt. 4)
36Chapter 5. Out on Picket
12VOLUME II. (pt. 5)
37Chapter 6. A Night in the Water
13The Black Phalanx
38Chapter 7. Up the Edisto
14INTRODUCTION.
39Chapter 8. The Baby of the Regiment
15CHAPTER II.
40Chapter 9. Negro Spirituals
16PART II.
41Chapter 10 Life at Camp Shaw
17CHAPTER III.
42Chapter 11. Florida Again?
18CHAPTER IV.
43Chapter 12. The Negro as a Soldier
19CHAPTER V.
44Chapter 13. Conclusion
20CHAPTER VI.
45APPENDIX
21CHAPTER VII.
46Appendix B The First Black Soldiers
22CHAPTER VIII.
47Appendix C General Saxton's Instructions
23CHAPTER X. (pt. 1)
48Appendix D The Struggle for Pay
24CHAPTER X. (pt. 2)
49Appendix E Farewell Address of Lt. Col. Trowbridge
25CHAPTER XI. (pt. 1)
50Life and public services of Martin R. Delany
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