Inspired and informed by the latest research in African American, military, and social history, the fourteen original essays in this book tell the stories of th

Originally published in 1998, Like Men of War was a groundbreaking early study of Black troops in the Civil War that is still considered a major contribution to

An historical account of the role of African-American soldiers in the Civil War.

"Shaffer chronicles the postwar transition of black veterans from the Union army, as well as their subsequent life patterns, political involvement, family and m

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 free