After the Glory: The Struggles of Black Civil War Veterans (Modern War Studies)

by Donald R . Shaffer (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2004

  $61.62

  The heroics of black Union soldiers in the Civil War have been justly celebrated, but their postwar lives largely neglected. This study explores this obscure part of African American history, revealing for the first time black veterans' valiant but often frustrating efforts to secure true autonomy and equality as civilians.