Book of Donmon Teith

When Abraham Lincoln issued his final Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, he not only freed the slaves in the Confederate states but also invited free

The Civil War changed the United States in many ways—economic, political, and social. Of these changes, none was more important than Emancipation. Besides fre

Historians have often marginalized the effect of African American troops on the outcome of the Civil War. While many histories briefly mention the service of th

*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles written by black soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a tab

The story of an enormous step forward in both the struggle for black freedom and the defeat of the Confederacy: turning former enslaved men into Union soldiers.