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Thunder at the gates : the black Civil War regiments that redeemed America

Egerton, Douglas R. (author.). Crisden, Sean, (narrator.).

Summary: Almost immediately after Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, abolitionists began to call for the raising of black regiments. The South and most of the North responded with outrage. Southerners vowed to enslave black soldiers captured in battle, while many northerners claimed that blacks lacked the courage to fight. Yet Boston's Brahmins, always eager for a moral crusade, launched one of the greatest experiments in American history. In Thunder at the gates, Douglas R. Egerton chronicles the formation and exploits of the 54th and 55th Massachusetts Infantry and the 5th Massachusetts Cavalry -- regiments led by whites but composed of black men born free or into slavery.

Record details

ISBN: 1515960226
ISBN: 9781515960225
Physical Description: 2 audio discs (13 hr.) ; 4 3/4 in.
sound disc
Edition: Unabridged.
Publisher: [Old Saybrook, Connecticut] : Tantor Media, Inc., [2016]

Content descriptions

General Note:	Title from container.
Participant or Performer Note:	Read by Sean Crisden.
System Details Note:	System requirements: CD/MP3 player or PC with MP3-capable software.