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Soldiers in the Army of Freedom - The 1st Kansas Colored, the Civil War's First African American Combat Unit (Paperback)
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Soldiers in the Army of Freedom - The 1st Kansas Colored, the Civil War's First African American Combat Unit (Paperback)
Series: Campaigns and Commanders Series
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It was 1862, the second year of the Civil War, though Kansans and
Missourians had been fighting over slavery for almost a decade. For
the 250 Union soldiers facing down rebel irregulars on Enoch
Toothman's farm near Butler, Missouri, this was no battle over
abstract principles. These were men of the First Kansas Colored
Infantry, and they were fighting for their own freedom and that of
their families. They belonged to the first black regiment raised in
a northern state, and the first black unit to see combat during the
Civil War. Soldiers in the Army of Freedom is the first published
account of this largely forgotten regiment and, in particular, its
contribution to Union victory in the trans-Mississippi theater of
the Civil War. As such, it restores the First Kansas Colored
Infantry to its rightful place in American history. Composed
primarily of former slaves, the First Kansas Colored saw major
combat in Missouri, Indian Territory, and Arkansas. Ian Michael
Spurgeon draws upon a wealth of little-known sources - including
soldiers' pension applications - to chart the intersection of race
and military service, and to reveal the regiment's role in
countering white prejudices by defying stereotypes. Despite
naysayers' bigoted predictions - and a merciless slaughter at the
Battle of Poison Spring - these black soldiers proved themselves as
capable as their white counterparts, and so helped shape the
evolving attitudes of leading politicians, such as Kansas senator
James Henry Lane and President Abraham Lincoln. A long-overdue
reconstruction of the regiment's remarkable combat record,
Spurgeon's book brings to life the men of the First Kansas Colored
Infantry in their doubly desperate battle against the Confederate
forces and skepticism within Union ranks.
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