"A New Book About The First Kansas Colored Infantry " Topic
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Tango01 | 11 Oct 2014 10:46 p.m. PST |
"I've been anticipating the publication of this book for several months, and today Ian Michael Spurgeon's, Soldiers In The Army of Freedom: The 1st Kansas Colored, The Civil War's First African American Combat Unit, arrived in my mailbox. The 1st Kansas Colored Infantry was indeed the first African American regiment to see combat during the war in spite of what Hollywood has told you. The regiment compiled a fine combat record stretching from Island Mounds (Missouri), First Cabin Creek (Indian Territory), Honey Springs(Indian Territory), and Flat Rock (Indian Territory), to Poison Spring (Arkansas). It is the only regiment that served solely in the trans-Mississippi to be selected as one of Fox's "300 Fighting Regiments."…"
Full review here link Amicalement Armand |
GoodOldRebel | 13 Oct 2014 4:49 a.m. PST |
now this looks like a good book!!! |
Tango01 | 13 Oct 2014 10:32 a.m. PST |
Glad you like it my friend!. Amicalement Armand |
Tom Bryant | 13 Oct 2014 10:30 p.m. PST |
Looks like a good read. I'll have to investigate this one. Many thanks Armand. |
Tango01 | 13 Oct 2014 11:15 p.m. PST |
A votre service mon ami!. (smile) Amicalement Armand |
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