Camp William Penn: 1863-1865 1863-1865

Name: Camp William Penn: 1863-1865 1863-1865
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ISBN: 9780764342530

ISBN-10: 0764342533

ISBN-13: 9780764342530

Edition: 2012

Authors: Donald Scott

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Located in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during the war. Boasting the biggest free-black population in the country and the 19th-century's epicenter of the Underground Railroad, Philadelphia and Camp William Penn, hosted the greatest anti-slavery abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, and William Still. Douglass and Tubman spoke to and rallied some of the almost 11,000 soldiers, many of them runaway or ex-slaves, who trained in eleven regiments that fought in a slew of major battles, helped…

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List price: $29.99
Copyright year: 2012
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 11/30/2012
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 384
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 6.20" tall
Weight: 2.992
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction: The 'proudest moment of my life'



'Emotions ran very high'



The 3<sup>rd</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'Fortunes of the whole race'



The 6<sup>th</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'This momentous struggle'



The 8<sup>th</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'A most terrific shower of musketry'



The 22<sup>nd</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'Phase of hellfire baptism'



The 25<sup>th</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'Disease had run its course'



The 32<sup>nd</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'A feeling of despair'



The 41<sup>st</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'We did not falter'



The 43<sup>rd</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'These redeemed sons of Africa'



The 45<sup>th</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'The Rebs gave way'



The 127<sup>th</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'Smiting the reeling rebellion'



The 24<sup>th</sup> United States Colored Troops: 'The last to leave'


Epilogue: Coming Full Circle


The Death of Octavius Catto


Third Regiment Debacle


Warriors Grabbing the Baton


The Rise and Legacy of a Star


The Buffalo Soldiers and Indian Wars


The Twilight of Commander Wagner's Life


The USCT Grand Review Emerges from Racial Discrimination


The Surviving Asher Family


Endnotes


Bibliography