Research Catalog

Title

U.S. colored troops defeat Confederate cavalry : action at Wilson's Wharf, Virginia, 24 May 1864 / Edwin W. Besch.

Author

Besch, Edwin W., 1936-

Publication

Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]

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Details

Description

viii, 282 pages; 24 cm

Summary

"This book describes action in detail and in larger context of the history of black U.S. servicemen, including British recruitment of runaway slaves during the Revolutionary War, the black Colonial Marines who joined the British in torching Washington in the War of 1812, and the South's attempts to enlist slaves in the final months of the Civil War"--

Alternative Title

United States colored troops defeat Confederate cavalry

Subjects

• United States > Army
• Virginia
• African American soldiers
• History
• 1700-1899
• Military participation > African American
• Armed Forces > African American troops
• Wilson's Wharf, Battle of (Virginia : 1864)
• War of 1812
• American Revolution (1775-1783)
• American Civil War (1861-1865)
• African American soldiers > History > 18th century
• African American soldiers > History > 19th century
• United States > History > War of 1812 > Participation, African American
• United States > History > Revolution, 1775-1783 > Participation, African American
• United States > Army > African American troops > History > 19th century
• Wilson's Wharf, Battle of, Va., 1864
• Virginia > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American
• United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American

Genre/Form

History

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

ISBN

• 9781476666631
• 1476666636

LCCN

^^2017005802

OCLC

954104307

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library