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SUMMARY:Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts - A ZOOM Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Waging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts – The Civil War Memoir of John W. M. Appleton\nJoin us for a free ZOOM Civil Conversation with NCWM CEO Jeffrey Nichols and authors James Robbins Jewell and Eugene S. Van Sickle on Thursday\, May 15\, 7:00 pm -8:00 pm. \nRegister here – It’s Free: Civil Conversation with Dr. James Jewell and Dr. Eugene Van Sickle: Waging War for Freedom \nAbout the book: Late in 1862\, amid the horrors of the U.S. Civil War\, Secretary of War Edwin Stanton\, with President Lincoln’s approval\, authorized the recruitment of Black soldiers for the Union cause. In January of 1863\, the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was born. On February 7\, 1863\, Massachusetts governor John Andrew commissioned Boston-bred John W. M. Appleton the first of the white officers in the most famous Civil War regiment of Black soldiers. Appleton immediately began recruiting enlisted soldiers for the company he would command\, Company A. \nWaging War for Freedom with the 54th Massachusetts is a fresh look at the service of this famed regiment as told through Appleton’s memoir—the most complete first-person account available about the service of the men in the 54th Massachusetts regiment. Appleton wrote candidly about his own experiences and the men who served with and under him\, including troop punishments\, combat\, and combat injuries\, including his own. He also described in detail the weather\, climate\, southern geography\, and his interaction with civilians. Appleton served with the regiment from February 1863 through August 1864\, when severe injuries forced him home a second time. Taking Appleton’s memoir as their foundation\, the editors thoroughly contextualize the service of the 54th through its disbanding in 1865\, providing a fresh perspective on the men and the regiment as they fought to abolish slavery in the United States. \nAbout the authors: James Robbins Jewell is a professor of history at North Idaho College. He is the author of Agents of Empire: The First Oregon Cavalry and the Opening of the Interior Pacific Northwest during the Civil War (Nebraska\, 2023) and the editor of On Duty in the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War: Correspondence and Reminiscences of the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment. Eugene S. Van Sickle is a professor of history at the University of North Georgia.
URL:https://www.nationalcivilwarmuseum.org/event/waging-war-for-freedom-with-the-54th-massachusetts-a-zoom-conversation/
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