Firebrand of Liberty: The Story of Two Black Regiments That Changed the Course of the Civil War

by Stephen V. Ash

Book Overview

In March 1863, nine hundred black Union soldiers, led by white officers, invaded Florida and seized the town of Jacksonville. They were among the first African American troops in the Northern army, and their expedition into enemy territory was like no other in the Civil War. It was intended as an assault on slavery by which thousands would be freed. At the center of the story is prominent abolitionist Colonel Thomas Wentworth Higginson, who led one...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393065863
• ISBN13: 9780393065862
• Release Date: July 2008
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.5" x 9.5"