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The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War / Steven M. LaBarre.
- Title
- The Fifth Massachusetts Colored Cavalry in the Civil War / Steven M. LaBarre.
- Author
- LaBarre, Steven M., 1976-
- Publication
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Request in advance | E513.6 5th .L33 2016 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xiii, 215 pages; 23 cm
- Summary
- " Drawing on letters, diaries, memoirs and official reports, this book provides the first full-length regimental history of the Fifth Massachusetts Cavalry, chronicling the unit's organization, participation in the Petersburg campaign, guarding of prisoners at Point Lookout, Maryland, and its triumphant ride into Richmond. "--
- Subjects
- United States
- Massachusetts
- African American soldiers
- History
- 1800-1899
- Regimental histories
- Military participation > African American
- American Civil War (1861-1865)
- United States > Army > Massachusetts Cavalry Regiment, 5th (1864-1865)
- African American soldiers > History > 19th century
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
- Massachusetts > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories
- United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Regimental histories
- Genre/Form
- History
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Do you think I'll make a soldier -- A precarious predicament -- Seeing the elephant -- The bottom rail had got on top -- The day of jubilo -- Honorable soldier, honorable discharge -- Forever free: life after war -- In reunion and remembrance.
- ISBN
- 9781476663845
- 147666384X
- LCCN
- ^^2016026054
- OCLC
- 922454301
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library