A Brave Black Regiment

by Luis Fenollosa Emilio

Book Overview

"The best account of the famous 54th Massachusetts. . . . The author fought with the regiment during its entire experience, surviving the assault on Fort Wagner about which he wrote with vivid descriptive power."--James M. McPherson

In January 1863 the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent"--the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0306806231
• ISBN13: 9780306806230
• Release Date: March 1995
• Publisher: Da Capo Press
• Length: 452 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 5.6" x 8.5"