The Negro as a soldier by Christian A. Fleetwood
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About this eBook
| Author | Fleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham), 1840-1914 |
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| LoC No. | a12000751 |
| Title | The Negro as a soldier |
| Original Publication | United States: Geo. Wm Cook, 1895. |
| Credits | hekula03, Barry Abrahamsen and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) |
| Summary | Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to show his suitability for military service, with concentration on the Civil War. He cites instances of valor and testimonials thereto, statistics on Black enlistments by state and on casualties, and lists African Americans who received the Congressional Medal of Honor. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | E151: History: America: United States |
| LoC Class | E300: History: America: Revolution to the Civil War (1783-1861) |
| LoC Class | E456: History: America: Civil War period (1861-1865) |
| Subject | African American soldiers |
| Subject | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- African Americans |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 70404 |
| Release Date | Mar 29, 2023 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 27 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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