Bibliograph

Now or never!, 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery, Ray Anthony Shepard

Type

Label

Now or never!, 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery, Ray Anthony Shepard

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

index present

resource.interestAgeLevel

Ages 11-18

resource.interestGradeLevel

6th and up

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Now or never!

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1005189367

Responsibility statement

Ray Anthony Shepard

Sub title

54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery

Summary

Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union soldiers not only served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, but were also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields. Their dispatches told the truth of their lives at camp, their intense training, and the dangers and tragedies on the battlefield. Like the other thousands of black soldiers in the regiment, they not only fought against the Confederacy and the inhumanity of slavery, but also against injustice in their own army. The regiment's protest against unfair pay resulted in America's first major civil rights victory; equal pay for African American soldiers. This fresh perspective on the Civil War includes an author's note, timeline, bibliography, index and source notes.

Table Of Contents

George E. Stephens -- Watch night -- James Henry Gooding -- Call to courage -- Hope and glory -- I shall burn this town -- Paymaster's wagon -- Dark heroes -- A grand chance -- Dear old flag -- Are we soldiers? -- Three cheers -- Andersonville -- Mutiny and honor -- The other war -- A final fight and mustering out -- Forward, march! -- Slavery and Civil War -- Timeline

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery

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