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(MILITARY.) [CALIF, JOSEPH MARK.] Record of the Services of the Seventh Regiment of Colored Troops, from September, 1863 to November, 1866, By an Officer of the Regiment. Frontispiece portrait. 138 pages. Tall 8vo, original printed stiff gray cardstock covers soiled; spine cracked; a few chips. Providence: E.L. Freeman & Co, 1878
The Seventh Regiment of Colored Troops was raised in Baltimore in September 26th 1863. They saw frequent action and suffered numerous casualties over the course of their service. Attached to the Seventh was Major Alexander T. Augusta (1825-1890), the first black surgeon in the Union Army and the first black officer-rank soldier to be buried at Arlington. Despite his rank, he was only paid black-enlisted wages for most of his duty. This regimental history is quite detailed beginning with the raising of the companies, and the difficulties encountered with some whites who refused to serve with blacks, though their engagements and the end of the War. Their training and later action is told in voices of enlisted men and officers, with a chapter on the harsh treatment of prisoners who were taken by the Confederates to Libby Prison. A scarce regimental.
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