7 edition of A regiment of slaves found in the catalog.
Published
2003
by Stackpole Books in Mechanicsburg, PA
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Written in
Edition Notes
Includes bibliographical references (p. 204-216) and index.
| Statement | Edward G. Longacre. |
| Classifications | |
|---|---|
| LC Classifications | E492.94 4th .L66 2003 |
| The Physical Object | |
| Pagination | xi, 227 p. : |
| Number of Pages | 227 |
| ID Numbers | |
| Open Library | OL3554317M |
| ISBN 10 | 0811700127 |
| LC Control Number | 2002008079 |
In From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution Robert A. Geake and Lorén M. Spears use a combination of microhistory and narrative storytelling to tell the story of the men who enlisted and where the regiment served. Though often associated with African American soldiers, as Varnum had first proposed, the. Many of the former slaves of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment served in the ranks for a full five years, from to the end of the war in , making them some of the most experienced soldiers in not only the regiment, but also the Continental Army as a : Cameron Boutin.
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The book provides a look at everything from the political reasons for the regiment's existence to the legal justification for shorting their paychecks. In a very small number of cases, the author's This is an unusual study of a regiment of the United States Colored Infantry, one of the regiments raised of a mixture of free African Americans and escaped slaves/5.
Known as the “Black” Regiment, the Story of the First Continental Army Unit Composed of African American and Native A regiment of slaves book Enlisted Men In Decemberthe Continental army was encamped at Valley Forge and faced weeks of cold and hunger, as well as the prospect of many troops leaving as their terms expired in the coming months/5(5).
The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late to mid The regiment—drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England states—served in Maj.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler’s Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at : Edward G. Longacre. The regiment—drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England states—served in Maj.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late to mid A regiment of slaves book regiment—drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England states—served in Maj.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. From Slaves to Soldiers | Known as the "Black" Regiment, the Story of the First Continental Army Unit Composed of African American and Native American Enlisted Men In Decemberthe Continental army was encamped at Valley Forge and faced weeks of cold and hunger, as well as the prospect of many troops leaving as their terms expired in the coming months.
The regiment’s quartermaster reassured the family that the colonel’s items, including spyglasses, watch, toothbrush, and various memoranda books plus. Author Robert A. Geake, an established author of early Rhode Island history making his first foray into the Revolutionary War, writes of the 1st Rhode Island Regiment of the Continental Army, one of the most fascinating regiments of the war—and in all of U.S.
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Following his history of the Union Army of the James (Army of Amateurs), prolific Civil War historian Longacre now focuses on one regiment of that army in this admirable study. Slaves in red coats: The West India Regiment.
The British Army was the single biggest purchaser of slaves by the end of the 18th century. The soldiers they bought joined the West India Regiment and played an integral role in defending British territories in the Caribbean. The West India Regiments (WIR) were infantry units of the British Army recruited from and normally stationed in the British colonies of the Caribbean between and In the two West India Regiments then in existence were reduced to a single unit of two : British Army.
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Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at : Edward G Longacre. In military necessity enabled Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to pry from a hesitant President Lincoln the authority to enlist black troops in the Union army.
The pioneer regiment of ex-slaves was to secure the beachhead tenously held at Beaufort, off the South Carolina coast. Within a year, Lincoln was to hail the enlistment of black soldiers, which he had earlier resisted as.
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On September 1,during the capture of a Patriot captain, Tye was shot through the wrist, and he later died from a fatal infection. From Slaves to Soldiers: The 1st Rhode Island Regiment in the American Revolution, by Robert Geake (Westholme, ) Author Robert A. Geake, an established author of early Rhode Island history and a contributor making his first foray into the Revolutionary War, Author: Christian Mcburney.
The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late to mid The regiment⁰́₄drawn largely from freedmen and liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England states⁰́₄served in Maj.
Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James, whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond. InCol. Henry W. Adams, of the th Regiment, Virginia Militia, started a slave patrol in Pittsylvania County, Va., that would “visit all Negro quarters and other places suspected of.When the Civil War broke out, his reputation, enhanced by his impassioned articles about Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner in the Atlantic, made him the perfect candidate to head the first regiment of emancipated slaves, and inhe was commissioned as a colonel for the troops training in the Sea Islands off the coast of the Life 5/5(1).
Initially, the freed slaves were reluctant to join the military. It was also noted that the regiment had been authorized in March by the Governor of Massachusetts.
Like other officers of the Regiment of African-American troops both Robert Gould Shaw and Hallowell were promoted to higher grades where they were made captains in several times.
