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The Battle of New Market Heights : freedom will be theirs by the sword

Title
The Battle of New Market Heights : freedom will be theirs by the sword / James S. Price ; foreword by O. James Lighthizer, president of the Civil War Trust ; series editor, Douglas Bostick.
Author
Price, James S.
Publication
Charleston : History Press, 2011.

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Description
125 pages : illustrations, maps; 23 cm.
Summary
"In the predawn darkness of September 29, 1864, black Union soldiers attacked a heavily fortified position on the outskirts of the Confederate capital of Richmond. In a few hours of desperate fighting, these African American soldiers struck a blow against Robert E. Lee's vaunted Army of Northern Virginia and proved to detractors that they could fight for freedom and citizenship for themselves and their enslaved brethren. For fourteen of the black soldiers who stormed New Market Heights that day, their bravery would be awarded with the nation's highest honor -- the Congressional Medal of Honor"--Page 4 of cover.
Series Statement
The History Press Civil War sesquicentennial series
Uniform Title
History Press Civil War sesquicentennial series
Subject
  • United States. Army > African American troops > History > 19th century
  • United States. Army
  • American Civil War (1861-1865)
  • New Market Heights, Battle of (Virginia : 1864)
  • 1800-1899
  • New Market Heights, Battle of, Va., 1864
  • Armed Forces > African American troops
  • Military participation > African American
  • United States > History > Participation, African American. > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Virginia > Henrico County
  • United States
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 107-122) and index.
Contents
"The Object ... Is to Surprise and Capture Richmond" : Fall 1864 -- "Mr. Butler and His Ethiopian Cohorts" : Beast Butler, United States Colored Troops and the Army of the James -- "A Long and Tedious Tramp" : The March Up -- "Unflinching Heroism" : Duncan's Assault -- "Thirty Minutes of Terrible Suspense" : Draper's Assault -- Ferro Iis Libertas Perveniet -- Epilogue: The Perils of Preservation.
ISBN
  • 9781609490386
  • 160949038X
LCCN
2011029003
OCLC
  • ocn745980005
  • SCSB-9643614
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library