An edition of Whence they came (1992)

Whence they came

the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy

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An edition of Whence they came (1992)

Whence they came

the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy

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USCT Institute for Local History and Family Research
Language
English
Pages
140

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Subjects

Genealogy, African Americans, African American soldiers, African americans, pennsylvania, African americans, genealogy, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, african americans, Pennsylvania, genealogy

Places

Pennsylvania, Gettysburg, Gettysburg (Pa.)
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Whence they came: the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1995 : a case study in historiographic genealogy
2010, USCT Institute for Local History and Family Research
in English - Revised: 2010
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Whence they came: the families of United States Colored troops in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1815-1871 : a narrative in historiographic genealogy
1992, U.S. Colored Troops Family Research Institute
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Table of Contents

Introduction --
I. The rapper : voice of a new generation --
II. The Myei challenge --
III. The local folklore --
IV. The cemetery visit --
V. The tombstone inscriptions --
VI. Return to Lincoln Cemetery --
VII. Verifying the names of colored troops --
VIII. Completing the index review --
IX. Visits to libraries and the archives --
X. Bringing the colored troops home --
XI. Adams County Historical Society records --
XII. Dissecting local documents --
XIII. Correcting folklore with facts --
XIV. The Maryland-Virginia connection with early African Americans in Gettysburg --
XV. The roots of U.S. Colored Troops --
XVI. Gettysburg's U.S. Colored Troops --
XVII. When the U.S. Colored Troops came home --
XVIII. Whence we came --
Chapter notes --
Bibliography.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 123-132) and index.

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Oneonta, N.Y

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
973.7/415
Library of Congress
F159.G5 M38 2010

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ii, 140 p.
Number of pages
140

Edition Identifiers

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OL30727377M
ISBN 13
9781467534383
LCCN
2012464109
OCLC/WorldCat
660020506

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OL1653509W

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