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The Black regulars, 1866-1898

Dobak, William A., 1943- author, Phillips, Thomas D., author

Overview

Black soldiers first entered the regular army of the United States in 1866. While their segregated regiments served in the American West for the following three decades, the promise of Reconstruction gave way to the repressiveness of Jim Crow. But black men found a degree of equality in the service: the army treated them no worse than it did their white counterparts. This book uses army correspondence, court-martial transcripts, and pension applications to tell who these men were, often in their own words: how they were recruited and how their officers were selected; how the black regiments survived hostile congressional hearings and stringent budget cuts; how enlisted men spent their time, both on and off duty; and how regimental chaplains tried to promote literacy through the army's schools. The authors shed light on the military justice system, relations between black troops and their mostly white civilian neighbors, their professional reputations, and what veterans faced when they left the army for civilian life. --Publisher description.

• Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
• Subject: United States. Army African Americans History 19th century. / African American soldiers History 19th century.
• ISBN: 0806157534, 9780806157535

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
UB418.A47 D63 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE