TY - BOOK ID - 77878306 TI - Black troops, white commanders, and freedmen during the Civil War AU - Westwood, Howard C AU - Simon, John Y PY - 2008 SN - 1280696842 9786613673800 0809386968 1441619542 9781441619549 PB - Carbondale, Ill. Southern Illinois University Press DB - UniCat KW - African Americans KW - History KW - United States KW - African Americans. KW - Participation, African American. KW - Afro-Americans KW - Negroes UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:77878306 AB - Recounting the experiences of black soldiers in the Civil War In the ten probing essays collected in this volume, Howard C. Westwood recounts the often bitter experiences of black men who were admitted to military service and the wrenching problems associated with the shifting status of African Americans during the Civil War. Black Troops, White Commanders, and Freedmen during the Civil War covers topics ranging from the roles played by Lincoln and Grant in beginning black soldiery to the sensitive issues that arose when black soldiers (and their whi ER -