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Now or never! : 54th Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery / Ray Anthony Shepard.

Author/creator	Shepard, Ray Anthony author.
Format	Book and Print
Edition	First edition.
Publication Info	Honesdale, Pennsylvania : Calkins Creek, An Imprint of Highlights, [2017]
Copyright Notice	©2017
Description	144 pages : illustrations, map, portraits ; 25 cm
Subject(s)	Stephens, George E.--Juvenile literature. Gooding, James Henry, 1837-1864--Juvenile literature. United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 54th (1863-1865)--Juvenile literature. African American journalists--Massachusetts --Biography --Juvenile literature. African Americans--Massachusetts --New Bedford --Correspondence --Juvenile literature. African Americans--History --To 1863 --Juvenile literature. African Americans--History --1863-1877 --Juvenile literature. Soldiers--Massachusetts --New Bedford --Correspondence --Juvenile literature. Soldiers--Massachusetts --Biography --Juvenile literature. Massachusetts--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Regimental histories --Juvenile literature. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Journalists --Juvenile literature. United States--History --Civil War, 1861-1865 --Regimental histories --Juvenile literature. New Bedford (Mass.)--Biography --Juvenile literature.

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Portion of title	Fifty-fourth Massachusetts Infantry's war to end slavery
Contents	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.
Abstract	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.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 136-139) and index.
Interest age level	Ages 11-18.
Interest grade level	6th and up.
Audience	1140 Lexile
LCCN	2017937779
ISBN	9781629793405 (hardcover)
ISBN	162979340X (hardcover)
ISBN	(eBook)

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Joyner	TRC Nonfiction	973.7415 SH474N	✔ Available	Place Hold