The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War /

The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War /

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Bibliographic Details
Author / Creator:	LaBarre, Steven M., 1976- author.
Imprint:	Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
Description:	xiii, 215 pages ; 23 cm
Language:	English
Subject:	United States. -- Army. -- Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865) United States. -- Army. -- Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865) American Civil War (1861-1865) African American soldiers -- History -- 19th century. African American soldiers. Military participation -- African American. Regimental histories. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. Massachusetts -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Regimental histories. United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American. Massachusetts. United States. History.
Format:	Print Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10863309

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ISBN:	9781476663845 147666384X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:	" Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, this book provides the first full-length regimental history of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, chronicling the unit's organization, participation in the Petersburg campaign, guarding of prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland, and its triumphant ride into Richmond. "--

Table of Contents:

Acknowledgments
"The Colored Soldiers"
Preface
Introduction
1. Do You Think I'll Make a Soldier?
2. A Precarious Predicament
3. Seeing the Elephant
4. The Bottom Rail Had Got on Top
5. The Day of Jubilo
6. Honorable Soldier, Honorable Discharge
7. Forever Free: Life After War
8. In Reunion and Remembrance
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index