Army Life in a Black Regiment

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"Army Life in a Black Regiment" is Thomas Wentworth Higginson’s classic Civil War memoir recounting his experiences commanding one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army.

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instanceOf book
memoir
nonfiction work
associatedWithEvent American Civil War NERFINISHED
associatedWithMovement abolitionism
associatedWithTheme citizenship and equality
race and military service
slavery and emancipation
author Thomas Wentworth Higginson NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
depicts First South Carolina Volunteers NERFINISHED
United States Colored Troops NERFINISHED
documents conditions in Union-occupied Southern territory
experiences of African American soldiers in combat
formation of Black regiments in the Union Army
relations between white officers and Black enlisted men
focusesOn command of one of the first African American regiments in the Union Army
daily life of Black Union soldiers
emancipation and enlistment of formerly enslaved men
racial attitudes in the Union Army
training and combat of Black troops
genre Civil War literature
military history
war memoir
hasNotableCharacter Black Union soldiers
formerly enslaved recruits
hasPerspective first-person narrative
historicalDomain African American history
Civil War studies
United States military history
intendedAudience general readership
language English
literarySignificance classic Civil War memoir
early firsthand account of Black Union regiments
mainSubject African American soldiers
American Civil War NERFINISHED
Black regiments in the Civil War
Union Army NERFINISHED
narrator Thomas Wentworth Higginson NERFINISHED
originalPublicationDate 19th century
setting South Carolina Sea Islands NERFINISHED
Union-occupied South Carolina
timePeriodDescribed 1862
1863
1864
American Civil War NERFINISHED

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson notableWork Army Life in a Black Regiment