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James Montgomery - Abolitionist Warrior (Hardcover)
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James Montgomery - Abolitionist Warrior (Hardcover)
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James Montgomery was a leader of the free-state movement in
pre-Civil War Kansas and Missouri, associated with its
direct-action military wing. He then joined the Union Army and
fought through most of the war. A close associate and ally of other
abolitionists including John Brown, Harriet Tubman, Colonels Thomas
Wentworth Higginson and Robert G. Shaw, Montgomery led his
African-American regiment along with Tubman and other civilians in
the 1863 Combahee River raid, which freed almost 800 slaves from
South Carolina plantations. He then commanded a brigade in the
siege of Fort Wagner, near Charleston. In 1864, still in brigade
command, he fought at the Battle of Olustee in Florida, helping
prevent the collapse and disintegration of Union General Truman
Seymour's army. Later that year he returned home and played a
significant role in defeating Confederate General Sterling Price's
great raid, especially at the Battle of Westport. This is the first
published biography of Montgomery, who was and remains a
controversial figure. It uncovers and deals honestly with his
serious flaws, while debunking some wilder charges, and also
bringing to light his considerable attributes and achievements.
Montgomery's life, from birth to death, is seen in the necessary
perspective and clear delineation of the complex racial, political
and military history of the Civil War era.
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