TY - BOOK ID - 85713803 TI - A great sacrifice : Northern Black soldiers, their families, and the experience of Civil War PY - 2019 SN - 0823285901 082328252X 0823282511 0823282503 082328249X PB - New York, New York : Fordham University Press, DB - UniCat KW - African American families KW - African American women KW - African American soldiers KW - Afro-American families KW - Families, African American KW - Negro families KW - Families KW - African American military personnel KW - Afro-American soldiers KW - Negro soldiers KW - Negroes as soldiers KW - Soldiers, African American KW - Soldiers KW - Afro-American women KW - Women, African American KW - Women, Negro KW - Women KW - History KW - Family relationships KW - Northeastern States KW - United States KW - Northeast (U.S.) KW - Northeastern United States KW - United States, Northeastern KW - Social conditions KW - Social aspects. KW - African Americans. KW - Afro-Americans KW - Negroes KW - 54th Massachusetts. KW - Black Troops. KW - Black Women’s History. KW - Citizenship. KW - Civil War. KW - Home Front. KW - Occupation Duty. KW - Race Riots. KW - Reconstruction. KW - unequal pay. KW - Families. KW - African American women. KW - Family KW - Family life KW - Family structure KW - Relationships, Family KW - Structure, Family KW - Social institutions KW - Birth order KW - Domestic relations KW - Home KW - Households KW - Kinship KW - Marriage KW - Matriarchy KW - Parenthood KW - Patriarchy KW - Social aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85713803 AB - A Great Sacrifice is an in-depth analysis of the effects of the Civil War on northern black families carried out using letters from northern black women—mothers, wives, sisters, and female family friends—addressed to a number of Union military officials.Collectively, the letters give a voice to the black family members left on the northern homefront. Through their explanations and requests, readers obtain a greater apprehension of the struggles African American families faced during the war, and their conditions as the war progressed. The original letters that were received by government agencies, as well as many of the copies of the letters sent in response, are held by the National Archives in Washington, D.C.This study is unique because it examines the effects of the war specifically on northern black families. Most other studies on African Americans during the Civil War focused almost exclusively on the soldiers. ER -