German-Speaking Officers in the U.S. Colored Troops, 1863-1867

by Martin Öfele

"The first work on foreign officers in the U.S. Colored Troops deals extensively with the relationship between black soldiers and white officers in these units. . . . An important contribution to the history of the Civil War and the issue of 'what they fought for, ' of the political and ideological stance of German ethnics, and of the history of black Americans in the era of emancipation."--Walter D. Kamphoefner, Texas A&M University While the experiences...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 081302692X
• ISBN13: 9780813026923
• Release Date: December 2003
• Publisher: University Press of Florida
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.7" x 9.9"