Freedom for themselves : North Carolina's Black soldiers in the Civil War era /

More than 5,000 North Carolina slaves escaped from their white owners to serve in the Union army during the Civil War. Richard Reid explores the stories of black soldiers from four regiments raised in North Carolina. Constructing a multidimensional portrait of the soldiers and their families, he pro...

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Author / Creator: Reid, Richard M., 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook Electronic
Language:English
Language notes:English.
Imprint: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, ©2008.
Series:Civil War America (Series)
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