Some were free born. Some were fugitives. Some were slaves. Now they were all veterans.

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dc.contributorRadford Universityen
dc.contributor.authorHepburn, Sharon A. Rogeren
dc.coverage.spatialUnited Statesen
dc.coverage.spatialMichiganen
dc.coverage.temporal1861-1865en
dc.coverage.temporalLate 19th centuryen
dc.date.accessioned2016-09-13T03:30:23Zen
dc.date.available2016-09-13T03:30:23Zen
dc.date.issued2015-11en
dc.description.abstractThis essay centers on the soldiers of the 102nd United States Colored Infantry (USCI), originally organized in August 1863 as the First Michigan Colored Infantry, the only all-black regiment organized in the state and one of only a handful of state raised northern black regiments. Building on the scholarship of Theda Skocpol, Donald Shaffer, Barbara Gannon, and others, an investigation into the lives and activities of this regiment's veterans offers a useful case study in race and reconciliation in the aftermath of the Civil War. African American veterans, because of their status as veterans, were able to combat racism in some aspects of their lives. Utilizing pension claims, GAR records, Soldiers Home files, and other sources, the experiences of veterans from the 102nd USCI reveals much about the typical African American soldier after their service for the Union.en
dc.description.notesPresented at Race and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Society, which took place in Roanoke, VA from November 12-14, 2015.en
dc.description.notesConference hosted by the Center for the Study of Rhetoric in Society, Department of English http://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.format.extent19 pagesen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierRoger_Hepburn_Now_they_were_all_veterans.pdfen
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/72937en
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.ispartofRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.relation.urihttp://veteransinsociety.wordpress.com/en
dc.relation.urihttp://www.rhetoric.english.vt.edu/en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.holderHepburn, Sharon A. Rogeren
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectAfrican American Civil War veteransen
dc.subject102nd USCIen
dc.subjectGARen
dc.subjectNational Soldiers Homesen
dc.subjectPensionsen
dc.subjectViSen
dc.subjectVeterans in Societyen
dc.subjectRace and/or Reconciliation, the Third Conference on Veterans in Societyen
dc.titleSome were free born. Some were fugitives. Some were slaves. Now they were all veterans.en
dc.typePresentationen
dc.typeConference proceedingen
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