Army of Amateurs · General Benjamin F. Butler and the Army of the James, 1863 1865
- Authors
- Longacre, Edward G.
- Publisher
- Stackpole Books
- ISBN
- 9780811701358
- Date
- 1997-08-01T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 1.95 MB
- Lang
- en
An account of the Civil War's largest repository of African-American troops, the only army in US history to field a corps composed exclusively of black units. Looks at the army's political and social significance as well as its military contributions, and discusses key personalities and the army's i