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Book/Printed Material The Negro as a soldier

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[ Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection copy ]

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Title

  • The Negro as a soldier

Summary

  • Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to show his suitability for military service, with concentration on the Civil War. He cites instances of valor and testimonials thereto, statistics on Black enlistments by state and on casualties, and lists African Americans who received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

Names

  • Fleetwood, Christian A. (Christian Abraham), 1840-1914
  • Cook, Geo. Wm. (George William) publisher
  • Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Published by Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook : Howard University Print., 1895.

Headings

  • -  African-American soldiers
  • -  United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans
  • -  Cotton States Exposition--(1895 :--Atlanta, Ga.)

Genre

  • Addresses--Georgia--Atlanta--1895

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site, and on microfilm.
  • -  Replace; LC copy under E185.63.F59 replaced by preservation microfilm.

Medium

  • 19 p. ; 23 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • E185.63 .F59
  • Microfilm 41280 E
  • E449 .D16 vol. 19, no. 9 Another copy.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • a12000751

Online Format

  • image
  • online text
  • pdf

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Credit Line: Library of Congress, Rare Book and Special Collections Division.

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Chicago citation style:

Fleetwood, Christian A, Geo. Wm. Publisher Cook, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Negro as a soldier. Washington, D.C.: Published by Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook: Howard University Print, 1895. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/a12000751/.

APA citation style:

Fleetwood, C. A., Cook, G. W. P. & Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. (1895) The Negro as a soldier. Washington, D.C.: Published by Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook: Howard University Print. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/a12000751/.

MLA citation style:

Fleetwood, Christian A, Geo. Wm. Publisher Cook, and Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection. The Negro as a soldier. Washington, D.C.: Published by Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook: Howard University Print, 1895. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/a12000751/>.