The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience During the Civil War by James G. Hollandsworth - 1995-11

Louisiana State University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Very Good. Disclaimer:A copy that has been read, but remains in excellent condition. Pages are intact and are not marred by notes or highlighting, but may contain a neat previous owner name. The spine remains undamaged.

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1995T. hardcover. Good. 0.7402 9.3189 6.3504.

Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1995. Hardcover. Fine/Fine Dust Jacket. 140pp. Biblio. Index. Photos. Size: 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" Tall

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1995. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Near fine book and jacket. .

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1995-06-01. First edition, complete line of . Hardcover. fine/near fine. NOT an ex library book. 140 pages. Dust jacket has no chips or tears.

Louisiana State University Press, 1995. First edition. Hardcover. Fine/fine. Fine in fine dust jacket. First printing. Hardcover. xiv+ 140 pp. with bibliography, index, appendix roster of black officers in the Native Guard. Illustrated with photographs. Early in the Civil War, Louisiana's Confederate government sanctioned the formation of a militia unit of black troops, the Louisiana Native Guards. It was a response to the demands of New Orleans' large black community that they participate in the defense of their state and the unit was used by the Confederate authorities for public display and propaganda purposes. After the fall of New Orleans they were offically disbanded but General Benjamin Butler reorganized them into the Union Army (they later became the part of the Corps d'Afrique and later the 73rd Regiment of United States Colored Troops) and several blacks were commissioned as line officers. They performed largely menial jobs such as digging earthworks and after Nathaniel Banks assumed… Read More

Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press. Fine in Fine dust jacket. 1995. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0807119393 . B&W Illustrations; This book is in Fine condition and has a Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. "The 1st Louisiana Native Guard (CSA) was a Confederate Louisianan militia that consisted of free persons of color. Formed in 1861 in New Orleans, Louisiana, it was disbanded on April 25, 1862. Some of the unit's members joined the Union Army's 1st Louisiana Native Guard, which later became the 73rd Regiment Infantry of the United States Colored Troops." (from Wikipedia) .

Louisiana State University Press. F/F. 1995. First Edition. Hardcover; First Printing. 0807119393 . DJ, new book. ; 140 pages; The story of one of the most unusual regiments of the Civil War. .

Baton Rouge:: Louisiana State University Press, , (1995.). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket (a new copy.). First printing. A well-written and well-documented study of an unusual regiment - as seen in the broader context of the society in which it originated, of the racism that its members endured, and as an early civil rights movement. "The most comprehensive study of the role of the Native Guard in the Civil War, this is a tale of Confederate and Union indifference and hostility to the black men who volunteered their services. It is a story of Union commanders who placed black troops in the most exposed and vulnerable positions, who systematically purged the ranks of black line officers, and yet, who in weaker moments had to admit these black men acquitted themselves admirably on the battle fields." (historian Richard Blackett). Illustrated with photographs and maps. Bibliography, index. xiv, 140 pp.

Louisiana State Univ Pr, 1995-01-01. hardcover. New. 6x0x9.