The Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery (Colored) in the War to Preserve the Union, 1861-1865.
Providence, RI: Snow & Farnham, 1898. 1st Edition. 8vo. Very Good. Item #15697
Compelling Civil War Black Americana from this often overlooked but important US Colored Troops unit.
"In an attempt to prove their worth as soldiers and to defeat the slave-holding South, both northern and southern blacks enlisted by droves in the Union army. Naturally, they also wanted to be active in securing the emancipation of slaves and ending slavery as an institution. When Colonel Thomas J. Morgan of the Fourteenth Regiment Rhode Island Heavy Artillery took the opportunity to ask one of his black soldiers why he wanted to fight when he might very well lose his life, the artilleryman replied, “But my people will be free.” - Small State Big History
Original red cloth with gilt titling. Square tight binding. Mild rubbing and edge wear with a moderately age toned spine. Bookplate to front pastedown.
Price: $195.00