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"One of the great source documents in human history, but one of our greatest Americans. . . . Thrilling reading." —Tillie Olsen In 1862 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 th... More >>
Army Life in a Black Regiment
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