James M. Paradis

African Americans and the Gettysburg Campaign (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

The Sesquicentennial edition of African Americans and the Gettysburg Campaign updates the original 2006 edition, as James M. Paradis introduces readers to the African-American role in this famous Civil War battle. In addition to documenting their contribution to the war effort, it explores the members of the black community in and around the town of Gettysburg and the Underground Railroad activity in the area.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury eBooks US
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. August 2012
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780810883376
• Artikelnr.: 38399410

Autorenporträt

James M. Paradis is a former licensed battlefield guide at Gettysburg National Military Park and completed masters and doctoral work at Temple University. He has authored two books on African Americans in the Civil War. He teaches history at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania, and is an Upper School Dean at Doane Academy in Burlington, New Jersey, where he has taught history for 25 years.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Maps and Illustrations
Foreword
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the First Edition
Introduction to the Second Edition
Chapter 1 Before the Storm
Chapter 2 African Americans in the Civil War
Chapter 3 The Great Rebel Invasion
Chapter 4 In the Wake of the Storm
Chapter 5 Carrying the Struggle on to Victory
Chapter 6 Little Note Nor Long Remember
Appendix A Black Residents and Points of Interest in the Town of Gettysburg
Appendix B Gettysburg and African Americans: A Tour for Today
Appendix C Black Veterans Attending the 75th Anniversary Reunion in
Gettysburg
Appendix D Letter of Frederic Capron
Bibliography
Index