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Edward A. Wild and the African Brigade in the Civil War (Paperback, New edition)
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Edward A. Wild and the African Brigade in the Civil War (Paperback, New edition)
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Edward Wild, the controversial Union general who headed the
all-black African Brigade in the Civil War, was one of the most
loved and most hated figures of the 19th century. The man was
neither understood nor appreciated by military or civilian, black
or white, Northerner or Southerner. After enlisting at the outbreak
of the war, Wild was promoted to Brigadier General and placed in
charge of the United States Colored Troops. In fulfilling his
assignment to free slaves and gain recruits, he took three women as
hostages and ordered a great deal of property destruction. He freed
hundreds, perhaps thousands, of slaves and settled them safely on
Roanoke Island. Wild then not only recruited the newly freed
blacks, but trained them and gave them the opportunity to prove
their worth in battle. Nobody, it seems, was happy about serving
with them, but the African Brigade performed courageously in
several battles. Wild did some inexplicable things. Were his
actions typical of the 19th century or did he act outside the norm?
Was the criticism he suffered from his fellow Union officers valid
- or was it due to personality conflicts? Did he deserve to be
arrested, court-marshalled, and even wiped from the history books -
or was he the victim of discrimination? This work draws its answers
from extensive research and includes many rare letters to and from
Wild, including one from one of the North Carolinian hostages.
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