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The heroics of black Union soldiers in the Civil War have been justly celebrated, but their postwar lives largely neglected. Now, Shaffer's illuminating study shines a bright light on this previously obscure part of African-American history, revealing for the first time black veterans' valiant but often frustrating efforts to secure true autonomy and equality as civilians.

Produktbeschreibung
The heroics of black Union soldiers in the Civil War have been justly celebrated, but their postwar lives largely neglected. Now, Shaffer's illuminating study shines a bright light on this previously obscure part of African-American history, revealing for the first time black veterans' valiant but often frustrating efforts to secure true autonomy and equality as civilians.
Autorenporträt
Donald R. Shaffer teaches undergraduate and graduate-level history online. He is also the coauthor, with Elizabeth Regosin, of Voices of Emancipation: Understanding Slavery, the Civil War, and Reconstruction through the U.S. Pension Bureau Files.