02659cam a2200325 4500 531982790 TxAuBib 20210910120000.0 ||||||s2016||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781541698659 1541698657 B01IMZ58AQ Amazon 0cd62dfd-e509-4183-ab35-8367d8b43619 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 2725594 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Egerton, Douglas R. Thunder at the Gates [Libby] : The Black Civil War Regiments That Redeemed America. Basic Books, 2016. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 4962kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 4962kB. History. Military. Nonfiction. HTML:<p><b>An intimate, authoritative history of the first black soldiers to fight in the Union Army during the Civil War</b></p> <p><br /></p> <p>Soon after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, abolitionists began to call for the creation of black regiments. At first, the South and most of the North responded with outrage-southerners promised to execute any black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the necessary courage. Meanwhile, Massachusetts, long the center of abolitionist fervor, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history.</p> <p><br /> In <i>Thunder at the Gates</i>, Douglas Egerton chronicles the formation and battlefield triumphs of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry-regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery. He argues that the most important battles of all were won on the field of public opinion, for in fighting with distinction the regiments realized the long-derided idea of full and equal citizenship for blacks.<br /> A stirring evocation of this transformative episode, <i>Thunder at the Gates</i> offers a riveting new perspective on the Civil War and its legacy.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2021-11-04 17:40:22. https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0cd62dfd-e509-4183-ab35-8367d8b43619&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0cd62dfd-e509-4183-ab35-8367d8b43619&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0cd62dfd-e509-4183-ab35-8367d8b43619&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)