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The Negro as a soldier

Fleetwood was an African American who rose to rank of sergeant-major and received the Congressional Medal of Honor. He gives an account of the African American soldier from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War to show his suitability for military service, with concentration on the Civil War. He cites instances of valor and testimonials thereto, statistics on Black enlistments by state and on casualties, and lists African Americans who received the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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The roll of honor, containing the names of soldiers, sailors, and marines of all the wars of our country who are buried in the cemeteries of Cook county, or the Garden of the dead, together with the military record and place of burial of each of them as completely as they can be ascertained

On cover: Roll of honor. Deceased soldiers of Cook county ... "The historical and literary part of this book was prepared by Comrade J. Seymour Currey of the John A. Logan post, number 540, Grand army of the republic, under the direction and with the advice of the compiler, E. R. Lewis."--Introd. p. 5. "Index": 1 leaf mounted on recto of back cover. Also available in digital form.

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A list of the Union soldiers buried at Andersonville.

Title within mourning border. "Report of an expedition to Andersonville, Georgia, July, 1865, for the purpose of identifying the graves and enclosing the grounds of a cemetery created there during the occupation of that place as a prison for Union soldiers in rebel hands", signed Clara Barton: p. [v]-viii. Also available in digital form.

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