Role of African American in Civil War

Mamta Gurung

Prof. Eduardo Moralez

HIST 1301

11 February 2019

Role of African American in Civil War

Thesis Statement:

Civil war is defined as a war between opposing groups of citizens of the same nation. The American Civil War was fought in United States from 1861 to 1865 which is also considered as the central event or the greatest war in the American history. The American Civil War also

known as the War between States was the important step on the way to American independence and prosperity that we can see today.

Primary Source:

· Thornburg, Mika. "The Civil War, 1861–1865." The American Mosaic: The African American Experience, ABC-CLIO, 2019, africanamerican2.abc-clio.com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/Topics/Display/13. Accessed 13 Feb. 2019.

· Marching song of the First Arkansas Regiment. (2017). Marching Song of the First Arkansas Regiment, 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21213179

· General Butler on the “Contraband.” (2017). General Butler on the “Contraband,” 1. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=21212711

Scholarly Book:

· Tackach, J. (2003). Early Black reformers . San Diego: Greenhaven Press.

· Williams, D. (2014). I freed myself : African American self-emancipation in the Civil War era . New York: Cambridge University Press.

· Smith, J. (2002). Black soldiers in blue : African American troops in the Civil War era . Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press.

Scholarly Journal Article:

· (2003). The Other Side of the Story: The World of African-American Academies in the South After The Civil War. Negro Educational Review, 54(1/2), 3–16. Retrieved from http://dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=507797918&site=ehost-live

· VAN HORN, J. (2017). “The Dark Iconoclast”: African Americans’ Artistic Resistance in the Civil War South. Art Bulletin, 99(4), 133–167. https://doi-org.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/10.1080/00043079.2017.1327777

· LANDE, J. (2016). Trials of Freedom: African American Deserters during the U.S. Civil War. Journal of Social History, 49(3), 693–709. https://doi-org.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/10.1093/jsh/shv063

Encyclopedia Entry (with author):

· Levin, K. M. (2012, February 21). What Black 'Confederates' Really Did During the War. Retrieved February 11, 2019, from https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/02/what-black-confederates-really-did-during-the-war/253380/

· Semuels, A. (2017, February 17). 'Segregation Had to Be Invented'. Retrieved February 11, 2019, from https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2017/02/segregation-invented/517158/

· Moore, A. L., & Neal, L. V. I. (2010). "African americans and the civil war: Brave standard bearers". Black History Bulletin, 73(2), 4-7. Retrieved from http://dcccd.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://explore-proquest-com.dcccd.idm.oclc.org/elibrary/document/841281709?accountid=4875