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[BBR] A Brave Black Regiment. The History of the 54th Massachusetts, 1863-1865, Captain Luis F. Emilio, Da Capo Press, Cambridge, MA, 1995; paperback, 452 pages. ISBN-10: 0306806231; ISBN-13: 978-0306806230. Reprint (with a new introduction) of the second enlarged edition, originally published in 1894, Boston. First edition published 1891.

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[BCF] Blue-Eyed Child of Fortune: The Civil War Letters of Colonel Robert Gould Shaw. Edited by Russell Duncan. University of Georgia Press, Athens, GA, 1999; paperback, 480 pages. ISBN-10: 0820321745. ISBN-13: 978-0820321745.

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[OAF] On the Altar of Freedom: A Black Soldier’s Civil War Letters from the Front. The Letters of James Henry Gooding. Edited by Virginia M. Adams. Warner Books, New York, 1992; paperback, 139 pages. ISBN-10: 0446394149. ISBN-13: 978-0446394147.

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[VT] A Voice of Thunder. A Black Soldier’s Civil War. The Letters of George E. Stephens. Edited by Donald Yacovone. University of Illinois Press, Urbana, IL, 1998; paperback, 392 pages. ISBN-10: 0252067908. ISBN-13: 978-0252067907.

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[GABM] A Grand Army of Black Men. Letters from African-American Soldiers in the Union Army, 1861-1865.Edited by Edwin S. Redkey. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, England. 302 pages. ISBN-10: 0-521-43998-1.

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Maps

A number of the maps below are links to zoomable maps in the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection. The home page of the collection is here, and it provides both a search function and browsable categories. Most of the maps show a small window copy of the map on the right, and a large window copy of the map on the left, with controls for selecting zoom level and (main) window size below the left. Directions for using the zoom are given at the top of the page: Select a zoom level and a window size (usually the largest), click on the left map to switch to the chosen zoom level and size. At the same time a red outline rectangle shows on the right-hand (Navigator) copy of the map. Whenever you click on the righthand map, the red rectangle is re-centered on your click location, and that region is displayed in the lefthand main map.

Another quite useful resource is Maps, Etc., which is the source for several of the maps here. Â The site also has both search and browse functions.

U.S. Seceding States The United States Secession. Ward, Prothero, and Leathes, The Cambridge Modern History Atlas (New York, NY: The Macmillan Company, 1912). Source: Maps ETC; Educational Technology Clearinghouse; Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.

Seat of the Civil War Seat of the Civil War, 1861-1865. Inset: Vicinity of Gettysburg. From The Historical Atlas by William R. Shepherd, 1923. Source: Wikipedia: Perry-CastaÃ±eda Library Map Collection, Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

Progress of the Civil War Map displaying the progress of the Civil War 1861-1865.
Source: Wikipedia: Perry-CastaÃ±eda Library Map Collection, Courtesy of the University of Texas Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin.

Readville, MA Current map. Source: HMdb.org/Google.

Parade Route Through Boston Overlay added to: Plan of Boston, Author: Mitchell, S. Augustus, Publisher: Mitchell, S. Augustus, Date: 1860, Call Number: G3764.B6 1860 .M5 from Norman B. Leventhal Map Center at the Boston Public Library.

Voyage from Boston to Port Royal Overlay added to:

South Carolina Sea Islands From: http://etc.usf.edu/maps/pages/2900/2934/2934.htm . Map provided by: www.worldatlasmap.com.

Charleston Harbor with Morris Island, etc. from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

Charleston Harbor Rebel Defences from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

Charge on Ft. Wagner from [BBR], p.81.

Ft. Wagner assault plan from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

Ft. Wagner – Morris Is. from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

Ft. Wagner: Gillmore’s earthworks from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

Gillmore’s Position: Morris Is. from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

Charleston Hbr: Union/Rebel Batteries from the Library of Congress American Memory Civil War Maps collection.

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[EP] The Emancipation Proclamation by John Hope Franklin.
Harlan Davidson, Wheeling, IL, 1995; paperback, 169 pages. ISBN-10: 0882959077. ISBN-13: 978-0882959078.

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[SA] The Sable Arm. Black Troops in the Union Army, 1861-1865. Dudley Taylor Cornish. Lawrence, Kansas, 1987. University Press of Kansas. 342 pages. ISBN-10: 0-7006-0328-X.

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[NCW] The Negro’s Civil War. How Amerian Blacks Felt and Acted During the War for the Union. James M. McPherson. Vintage Books, A Division of Random House, New York, NY. 366 pages. ISBN-13: 978-1-4000-3390-4.

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Film

Glory

The 1989 film Glory can be credited with raising the perception of the 54th Regiment in America. The Wikipedia entry for Glory has an good discussion of the film, including an extensive discussion of its historical accuracy. Video clips from the film can be found on the web by searching for phrases such as “film glory civil war” on Google Videos.

The American Experience: The Massachusetts 54th Colored Infantry (1991)

A 1991 episode in the PBS American Experience television series.

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