{"product_id":"black-phalanx-pb-9780306805509","title":"Black Phalanx PB","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis classic includes succinct, compelling accounts of African Americans who fought and died for a freedom they could not enjoy.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eJoseph T. Wilson was not only a historian of the fighting black spirit in the Civil War, but was one of its soldiers. His fellow veterans recruited him to write a complete and accurate record of the great struggles for liberty and union borne by African Americans. The result was \u003ci\u003eThe Black Phalanx, \u003c\/i\u003e a book rich in anecdotes, eyewitness accounts, and previously overlooked facts. This classic includes succinct, compelling accounts of African Americans in the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812, men who fought and died for freedom they could not enjoy. The body of the book examines every aspect of black service in the Civil War: the revolutionary decision to arm captured black soldiers, and the efforts to recruit troops; the training of black Union regiments; and battles they fought, including the assault on Fort Wagner, the siege of Petersburg, and the fall of Richmond. African Americans spilled blood in every theater of war, from Arkansas to Virginia, and \u003ci\u003eThe Black Phalanx\u003c\/i\u003e is Wilson's spirited history of those soldiers whose valor was denied until it was proven in carnage and victory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eForeword by Dudley Taylor Cornish\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph T. Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Da Capo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/22\/1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 534\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.51lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306805509\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/1995 pg. 187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph T. Wilson\u003c\/b\u003e (1836-1891) participated in the Port Hudson campaign in Louisiana, and was wounded in the grim Battle of Olustee in Florida.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Da Capo Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40350000283763,"sku":"9.78031E+12","price":24.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_e3605aed-3758-400f-a016-30ee170b4274.jpg?v=1660050575","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/black-phalanx-pb-9780306805509","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}