The 4th United States Colored Troops (USCT) regiment saw
considerable action in the eastern theater of operations from late
1863 to mid-1865. The regiment--drawn largely from freedmen and
liberated slaves in the Middle Atlantic and New England
states--served in Maj. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler's Army of the James,
whose mission was to capture the Confederate capital at Richmond.
From May to December 1864, the 4th saw action in the Bermuda
Hundred and Richmond-Petersburg campaigns, and in early 1865 helped
capture the defenses of Wilmington, North Carolina, the last open
seaport of value to the Confederacy.
Citing recently discovered and previously unpublished accounts,
author Edward G. Longacre goes beyond the battlefield heroics of
the 4th USCT, blending his unique insights into political and
social history to analyze the motives, goals, and aspirations of
the African American enlisted men. The author also emphasizes how
these soldiers overcame what one of their commanders called
"stupid, unreasoning, and quite vengeful prejudice" and shows how
General Butler, a supporter of black troops, gave the unit
opportunities to prove itself in battle, resulting in a combat
record of which any infantry regiment, black or white, could be
proud.
General
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