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Book Review
Canada and the United States
Edward A. Miller, Jr. The Black Civil War Soldiers of Illinois: The Story of the Twenty-ninth U.S. Colored Infantry. Columbia: University of South Carolina Press. 1998. Pp. xi, 267. $29.95.
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Most studies of African Americans in the Civil War focus on the larger picture, describing battles, leaders, and decision making. Edward A. Miller Jr.'s book tries to do something much more difficult: to examine an individual African-American infantry regiment. The result is interesting but flawed, largely because of the limits of the source materials. |
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