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About this book
Located in Chelten Hills just outside of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Camp William Penn was the largest and first Civil War facility to exclusively train Northern-based federal black soldiers during the war. Boasting the biggest free-black population in the country and the 19th-century's epicenter of the Underground Railroad, Philadelphia and Camp William Penn, hosted the greatest anti-slavery abolitionists, including Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Sojourner Truth, Robert Purvis, and William Still. Douglass and Tubman spoke to and rallied some of the almost 11,000 soldiers, many of them runaway or ex-slaves, who trained in eleven regiments that fought in a slew of major battles, helped to corner the Confederate General Robert E. Lee and his Rebel forces, as well as capture President Lincoln's assassins. Several earned the Medal of Honor for their bravery, and many gave their lives. At a time when America's very existence was threatened, the warriors and freedom fighters for human equality associated with Camp William Penn were a major part of the country's salvation. The complete story is told here.
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Table of contents
- CoverĀ
- Title Page
- Copyright
- ContentsĀ
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: The āproudest moment of my lifeā
- Chapter 1: āEmotions ran very highā
- Chapter 2: The 3rd United States Colored Troops: āFortunes of the whole raceā
- Chapter 3: The 6th United States Colored Troops: āThis momentous struggleā
- Chapter 4: The 8th United States Colored Troops: āA most terrific shower of musketryā
- Chapter 5: The 22nd United States Colored Troops: āPhase of hellfire baptismā
- Chapter 6: The 25th United States Colored Troops: āDisease had run its courseā
- Chapter 7: The 32nd United States Colored Troops: āA feeling of despairā
- Chapter 8: The 41st United States Colored Troops: āWe did not falterā
- Chapter 9: The 43rd United States Colored Troops: āThese redeemed sons of Africaā
- Chapter 10: The 45th United States Colored Troops: āThe Rebs gave wayā
- Chapter 11: The 127th United States Colored Troops: āSmiting the reeling rebellionā
- Chapter 12: The 24th United States Colored Troops: āThe last to leaveā
- Epilogue: Coming Full Circle
- Endnotes
- Bibliography
- Index