Thunder at the gates : the black Civil War regiments that redeemed America
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New York : Basic Books, 2016.
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9780465096640, 0465096646
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973.7415 EGERTON
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Published
New York : Basic Books, 2016.
Format
Book
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ix, 429 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780465096640, 0465096646

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-409) and index.
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Almost immediately after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the raising of black regiments. The South and most of the North responded with outrage. Southerners vowed to enslave black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the courage to fight. Yet Boston's Brahmins, always eager for a moral crusade, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the gates, Douglas R. Egerton chronicles the formation and exploits of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry -- regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Egerton, D. R. (2016). Thunder at the gates: the black Civil War regiments that redeemed America . Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Egerton, Douglas R.. 2016. Thunder At the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America. Basic Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Egerton, Douglas R.. Thunder At the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America Basic Books, 2016.

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Egerton, Douglas R.. Thunder At the Gates: The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America Basic Books, 2016.

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