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100			_aGlatthaar, Joseph T., _d-1956 _9108733
245		0	_aForged in battle : _bthe Civil War alliance of Black soldiers and white officers / _cJoseph T. Glatthaar.
260			_aNew York : _bMeridian, _c1991, c1990.
300			_axiii, 370 p., [16] p. of plates : _bill. _c23 cm.
500			_a London : Collier Macmillan, c1990.
500			_aA Meridian book.
500			_aReprint. Originally published: New York : Free Press
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 339-359) and index.
520			_aSixteen months after the start of the American Civil War, the Federal government, having vastly underestimated the length and manpower demands of the conflict, began to recruit black solders. This revolutionary policy gave 180,000 free blacks and former slaves the opportunity to prove themselves on the battlefield as part of the United States Colored Troops. By the end of the war, 37,000 in their ranks had given their lives for the cause of freedom." "In Forged in Battle, award-winning historian Joseph T. Glatthaar dramatically re-creates the events that gave these troops and their 7,000 white officers justifiable pride in their contributions to the Union victory and hope of equality in the years to come. Unfortunately, as Glatthaar poignantly demonstrates, memory of the United States Colored Troops' heroic sacrifices soon faded behind the prejudice that would plague the armed forces for another century."www.goodreads.com"
650			_aAfrican Americans
942			_cALR
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