Jo Smith Books
Books di Jo Smith con argomento African American Soldiers History 19Th Century
Lincoln and the U.s. Colored Troops
Smith John David
edizioni Southern Illinois Univ Pr collana Southern Illinois Univ Pr (Hardcover) , 2013
When Abraham Lincoln issued his final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he not only freed the slaves in the Confederate states but also invited freed slaves and free persons of color to join the U.S. Army as part of the U.S. Colored Troops (USCT), the first systematic, large-scale effort by the U.S. government...