Marching Toward Freedom: Blacks in the Civil War, 1861-1865

by James M. McPherson

Book Overview

In this history of African Americans in the American Civil War, the author explores the active and critical roles played by black Americans. Initially barred from enlistment in the Union army, they contributed to the war effort as spies, teachers, carpenters, nurses, and labourers. After the enlistment policy was changed, and the Emancipation Proclamation was issued in 1863, the first all-black units went into battle. By the end of the war almost...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816030928
• ISBN13: 9780816030927
• Release Date: January 1994
• Publisher: Facts on File
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.9" x 9.0"