Download or read book Freedom by the Sword: The U.S. Colored Troops, 1862-1867 (CMH Publication 30-24-1) written by William A. Dobak and published by . This book was released on 2011-07 with total page 572 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From late 1862 to the spring of 1865, the federal government accepted more than 180,000 black men as soldiers, something it had never done before on such a scale. Because of this edition's broad focus on every theater of the war and its concentration on what black soldiers actually contributed to Union victory, this volume stands alone among histories of the U.S. Colored Troops. Includes illustrations, maps, bibliographical notes, abbreviations, and an index.