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Whence they came : the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy
- Title
- Whence they came : the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy / Harry Bradshaw Matthews.
- Author
- Matthews, Harry Bradshaw.
- Publication
- Oneonta, N.Y. : USCT Institute for Local History and Family Research, 2010.
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schomburg Center to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | Sc F 10-475 | Schomburg Center - Research & Reference |
Details
- Description
- 140 p. : ill., maps, ports, facsim; 28 cm.
- Subjects
- Black author
- United States > Colored Troops
- African Americans > Pennsylvania > Gettysburg > History
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > African Americans
- African American soldiers > Pennsylvania > Gettysburg > Genealogy
- African Americans > Pennsylvania > Gettysburg > Genealogy
- Gettysburg (Pa.) > Genealogy
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.
- Contents
- Introduction -- I. The rapper : voice of a new generation -- II. The Myei challenge -- III. The local folklore -- IV. The cemetery visit -- V. The tombstone inscriptions -- VI. Return to Lincoln Cemetery -- VII. Verifying the names of colored troops -- VIII. Completing the index review -- IX. Visits to libraries and the archives -- X. Bringing the colored troops home -- XI. Adams County Historical Society records -- XII. Dissecting local documents -- XIII. Correcting folklore with facts -- XIV. The Maryland-Virginia connection with early African Americans in Gettysburg -- XV. The roots of U.S. Colored Troops -- XVI. Gettysburg's U.S. Colored Troops -- XVII. When the U.S. Colored Troops came home -- XVIII. Whence we came -- Chapter notes -- Bibliography.
- Call Number
- Sc F 10-475
- OCLC
- 660020506
- Author
- Matthews, Harry Bradshaw.
- Title
- Whence they came : the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy / Harry Bradshaw Matthews.
- Imprint
- Oneonta, N.Y. : USCT Institute for Local History and Family Research, 2010.
- Edition
- Revised: 2010
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.
- Local Subject
- Black author.
- Research Call Number
- Sc F 10-475