Army Life in a Black Regiment

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Army Life in a Black Regiment by Thomas Wentworth Higginson.

Contents

• ARMY LIFE IN A BLACK REGIMENT5
• Originally published 18696
• Reprinted, 1900, by Riverside Press6
• Chapter 1. Introductory8
• Chapter 2. Camp Diary12
• Chapter 3. Up the St. Mary's51
• Chapter 4. Up the St. John's74
• Chapter 5. Out on Picket97
• Chapter 6. A Night in the Water112
• Chapter 7. Up the Edisto122
• Chapter 8. The Baby of the Regiment134
• Chapter 9. Negro Spirituals142
• Chapter 10 Life at Camp Shaw161
• Chapter 11. Florida Again?169
• Chapter 12. The Negro as a Soldier175
• Chapter 13. Conclusion189
• APPENDIX192
• Appendix A193
• Roster of Officers193
• Appendix B The First Black Soldiers198
• Appendix C General Saxton's Instructions203
• Appendix D The Struggle for Pay205
• Appendix E Farewell Address of Lt. Col. Trowbridge215
• THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG LICENSE227

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