AFRICAN-AMERICAN CIVIL WAR MEDALS OF HONOR - Bishop, Randy
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More than twenty-five African-Americans earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the War Between the States. From the 1860s to modern times, the rates at which those acts were recognized have varied. This manuscript conducts brief biographies of the men whose heroism was deemed worthy of special recognition. The situations each man faced while earning the medals are also covered.

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More than twenty-five African-Americans earned the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the War Between the States. From the 1860s to modern times, the rates at which those acts were recognized have varied. This manuscript conducts brief biographies of the men whose heroism was deemed worthy of special recognition. The situations each man faced while earning the medals are also covered.
Autorenporträt
A retired Tennessee teacher, Randy Bishop now teaches for the North Tippah School District in Mississippi and serves as an adjunct history professor for Jackson State Community College. He is president of the local library board and a city councilman in his hometown. Bishop is a member of several historical associations and preservation groups and has previously published articles as well as ten books, including The Tennessee Brigade, Tennessee's Civil War Battlefields, Mississippi's Civil War Battlefields, Kentucky's Civil War Battlefields, Civil War Generals of Tennessee, A Civil War Devotional, Mississippi's Civil War Generals, Sacrifices of the Porters, and The Trail, and Marching for Union. Randy and his wife Sharon, also a teacher, reside in Middleton, Tennessee and are the parents of two grown sons, Jay and Ben.