Army Life in a Black Regiment

and Other Writings

By: Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Paperback | 1 October 1997 | Edition Number 1

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Thomas Wentworth Higginson, a Unitarian minister, was a fervent member of New England's abolitionist movement, an active participant in the Underground Railroad, and not only corresponded with John Brown before the ill-fated raid on Harper's Ferry, but was part of a group that supplied material aid to Brown. When the Civil War broke out, his reputation, enhanced by his impassioned articles about Denmark Vesey and Nat Turner in the Atlantic, made him the perfect candidate to head the first regiment of emancipated slaves, and in 1862, he was commissioned as a colonel for the troops training in the Sea Islands off the coast of the Carolinas.

Army Life in a Black Regiment is Higginson's stirring account of his wartime experiences. Shaped by American Romanticism and imbued with Higginson's interest in both man and nature, the narrative ranges from detailed reports on daily life to a vivid description of the author's near escape from cannon fire to sketches that conjure up the beauty and mystery of the Sea Islands.

This edition of Army Life also features a selection of Higginson's essays, including "Nat Turner's Insurrection" and "Emily Dickinson's Letters".

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Introductory	p. 1
Camp Diary	p. 6
Up the St. Mary's	p. 62
Up the St. John's	p. 97
Out on Picket	p. 130
A Night in the Water	p. 152
Up the Edisto	p. 167
The Baby of the Regiment	p. 185
Negro Spirituals	p. 197
Life at Camp Shaw	p. 223
Florida Again?	p. 234
The Negro as a Soldier	p. 243
Conclusion	p. 264
Appendix
Roster of Officers	p. 269
The First Black Soldiers	p. 272
General Saxton's Instructions	p. 278
The Struggle for Pay	p. 280
Farewell Address	p. 292
Index	p. 295
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