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Now or never! : 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery

Summary: Here is the riveting dual biography of two little-known but extraordinary men in Civil War history George E. Stephens and James Henry Gooding. These Union soldiers not only served in the Massachusetts 54th Infantry, the well-known black regiment, but were also war correspondents who published eyewitness reports of the battlefields. Their dispatches told the truth of their lives at camp, their intense training, and the dangers and tragedies on the battlefield. Like the other thousands of black soldiers in the regiment, they not only fought against the Confederacy and the inhumanity of slavery, but also against injustice in their own army. The regiment’s protest against unfair pay resulted in America’s first major civil rights victory―equal pay for African American soldiers. This fresh perspective on the Civil War includes an author’s note, timeline, bibliography, index and source notes. .

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  • ISBN: 162979340X
  • ISBN: 9781629793405
  • Physical Description: 220 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, an imprint of Highlights, [2017]

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
Formatted Contents Note: George E. Stephens -- Watch night -- James Henry Gooding -- Call to courage -- Hope and glory -- I shall burn this town -- Paymaster's wagon -- Dark heroes -- A grand chance -- Dear old flag -- Are we soldiers? -- Three cheers -- Andersonville -- Mutiny and honor -- The other war -- A final fight and mustering out -- Forward, march! -- Slavery and Civil War -- Timeline.
Target Audience Note:
1140L Lexile
11-18
6th and up.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader MG+ 8.0 5 5 191984
Subject: Stephens, George E Juvenile literature
Gooding, James Henry 1837-1864 Juvenile literature
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865) Juvenile literature
Massachusetts History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Juvenile literature
Massachusetts History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American Juvenile literature
African American journalists Massachusetts Biography Juvenile literature
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Journalists Juvenile literature
African Americans History To 1863 Juvenile literature
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Juvenile literature
United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Participation, African American Juvenile literature
Soldiers Massachusetts New Bedford Correspondence Juvenile literature
African Americans Massachusetts New Bedford Correspondence Juvenile literature
New Bedford (Mass.) Biography Juvenile literature
Soldiers Massachusetts Biography Juvenile literature
African Americans History 1863-1877 Juvenile literature

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  • 8 of 8 copies available at SPARK Libraries.

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