The Negro as a soldier; written by Christian A. Fleetwood, late sergeant-major 4th U. S. colored troops, for the Negro congress, at the Cotton states and international exposition, Atlanta, Ga., November 11 to November 23, 1895. Pub. by Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook.

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African American Perspectives: Pamphlets from the Daniel A.P.Murray Collection, 1818-1907

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The Negro as a soldier; written by Christian A. Fleetwood, late sergeant-major 4th U. S. colored troops, for the Negro congress, at the Cotton states and international exposition, Atlanta, Ga., November 11 to November 23, 1895. Pub. by Prof. Geo. Wm. Cook.

Fleetwood, Christian Abraham, 1840-1914.

CREATED/PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C., Howard university print, 1895.

SUMMARY
Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to show his suitability for military service, with concentration on the Civil War. He cites instances of valor and testimonials thereto, statistics on black enlistments by state and on casualties, and lists African Americans who received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

SUBJECTS
Negro soldiers--United States.
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Afro-American troops.

MEDIUM
1 p. l., 19 p. 23 cm.

CALL NUMBER
E185.63 .F59

PART OF
Daniel Murray Pamphlet Collection (Library of Congress)

DIGITAL ID
lcrbmrp t1909 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/lcrbmrp.t1909

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