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The Incubator - Art at the Library
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English
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A stunning collection of stoic portraits and intimate ephemera from the lives of Black Civil War soldiers
Though both the Union and Confederate armies excluded African American men from their initial calls to arms, many of the men who eventually served were black. Simultaneously, photography culture blossomed—marking the Civil War as the first conflict to be extensively documented through photographs. In The Black Civil War Soldier,
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Publisher
Hyperion Books for Children
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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"Robert Smalls was a true American patriot. Despite the burdens America laid upon him, he loved our country. He believed in the "inherent justice" of American democracy and in the principles espoused in the Declaration of Independence"--Afterword.
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Katherine Tegen Books
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
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Sergeant William H. Carney, an officer of the newly formed Massachusettes Fifty-fourth Regiment comprised entirely of African Americans, led his soldiers in a significant battle in the Civil War at Fort Wagner, South Carolina. As the soldiers fought, Carney vowed to never let Old Glory touch the ground, and despite several gunshot wounds, he was able to rescue the flag from its fallen bearer. Carney held the flag high showing that they would never...
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"For decades Frank X Walker has reclaimed essential American lives through his pathbreaking historical poetry. In this stirring new collection, he reimagines the experiences of Black Civil War soldiers--including his own ancestors--who enlisted in the Union army in exchange for emancipation. Moving chronologically from antebellum Kentucky through Reconstruction, Walker braids the voices of the United States Colored Troops with their family members,...
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Publisher
Lee & Low Books
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
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"A biography of Robert Smalls who, during the Civil War, commandeered the Confederate ship Planter to carry his family and twelve other slaves to freedom, and went on to become a United States Congressman working toward African American advancement"--Provided by publisher.
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Pub. Date
2022.
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English
Description
"By fall of 1863, Union forces had taken control of Tidewater Virginia and established a toehold in eastern North Carolina, including along the Outer Banks. Thousands of freed slaves and runaways flooded the Union lines, but Confederate irregulars still roamed the region. In December, the newly formed African Brigade, a unit of these former slaves led by General Edward Augustus Wild--a one-armed, impassioned abolitionist--set out from Portsmouth to...
12) Soldiering for freedom: how the Union army recruited, trained, and deployed the U.S. Colored Troops
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Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
After President Lincoln issued the final Emancipation Proclamation of January 1, 1863, Confederate slaves who could reach Union lines often made that perilous journey. A great many of the young and middle-aged among them, along with other black men in the free and border slave states, joined the Union army. These U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), as the War Department designated most black units, materially helped to win the Civil War-performing a variety...
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Magic Wagon, a division of ABDO
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
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Ana & Andrew think they have seen every fun place in their hometown of Washington, DC. They are surprised when Papa takes the family to a spot they haven't visited! There, they honor an ancestor who fought for freedom
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Stackpole Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"This book tells the story of the African American cavalrymen of the 5th Massachusetts during the Civil War-a story of resilience in the face of adversity, one that will resonate not just during the present moment of reckoning with race in the United States but in the annals of American history for all time"--
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Publisher
Capstone Editions
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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In the midst of the bloody U.S. Civil War, an enslaved man named Robert Smalls carried out a dangerous plan. Smalls secretly took control of a Confederate steamboat, the Planter, and sailed the ship toward a Union fleet. A little known story of courage, hope, and peril during the Civil War, this true account celebrates an unsung American hero.
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Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"Stephen Atkins Swails played significant roles in the Civil War and Reconstruction in South Carolina. Born a free Black in Pennsylvania, Swails volunteered to serve in the 54th Massachusetts Infantry, the first African American regiment raised in the North. He earned distinction in a series of major battles, including the bloody assault to capture Battery Wagner in Charleston Harbor, the Battle of Olustee in north Florida, and Potter's raid into...
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