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Forged in Battle

Joseph T. Glatthaar
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      Sixteen months after the start of the American Civil War, the Federal government, having vastly underestimated the length and manpower demands of the war, began to recruit black soldiers. This revolutionary policy gave 180,000 free blacks and former slaves the opportunity to prove themselves on the battlefield as part of the United States Colored Troops. By the end of the war, 37,000 in their ranks had given their lives for the cause of freedom. In Forged in Battle, originally published in 1990, award-winning historian Joseph T. Glatthaar re-creates the events that gave these troops and their 7,000 white officers justifiable pride in their contributions to the Union victory and hope of equality in the years to come. Unfortunately, as Glatthaar poignantly demonstrates, memory of the United States Colored Troops' heroic sacrifices soon faded behind the prejudice that would plague the armed forces for another century.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Joseph T. Glatthaar EAN: 9780807125601 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Louisiana State University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-03-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Civil wars

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      Joseph T. Glatthaar, professor of history at the University of Houston, is also the author of Partners in Command: The Relationships Between Leaders in the Civil War and The March to the Sea and Beyond Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns.
      Sixteen months after the start of the American Civil War, the Federal government, having vastly underestimated the length and manpower demands of the war, began to recruit black soldiers. This revolutionary policy gave 180,000 free blacks and former slaves the opportunity to prove themselves on the battlefield as part of the United States Colored Troops. By the end of the war, 37,000 in their ranks had given their lives for the cause of freedom. In Forged in Battle, originally published in 1990, award-winning historian Joseph T. Glatthaar re-creates the events that gave these troops and their 7,000 white officers justifiable pride in their contributions to the Union victory and hope of equality in the years to come. Unfortunately, as Glatthaar poignantly demonstrates, memory of the United States Colored Troops' heroic sacrifices soon faded behind the prejudice that would plague the armed forces for another century.
      Format: CONTRIBUTORS: Joseph T. Glatthaar EAN: 9780807125601 COUNTRY: United States PAGES: WEIGHT: 0 g HEIGHT: 229 cm
      PUBLISHED BY: Louisiana State University Press DATE PUBLISHED: 2000-03-01 CITY: GENRE: HISTORY / Military / General, HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877), SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies WIDTH: 152 cm SPINE:

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      Civil wars

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      Joseph T. Glatthaar, professor of history at the University of Houston, is also the author of Partners in Command: The Relationships Between Leaders in the Civil War and The March to the Sea and Beyond Sherman's Troops in the Savannah and Carolinas Campaigns.

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