Emilio Luis F Books
Books di Emilio Luis F editi da Perseus Books Group con argomento African Americans History 1863 1877
A Brave Black Regiment
Emilio Luis F.
edizioni Perseus Books Group collana Perseus Books Group (Paperback) , 1995
In January 1863 the Union War Department authorized the creation of "a special corps" composed of "persons of African descent"—the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Col. Robert Gould Shaw. Hundreds of free blacks enlisted. When the 54th Massachusetts spearheaded the suicidal charge against Fort Wagner...