Deep Wounds: Scarred By Racism And War Injury, A Black Veteran Condemns His Race

Authors

Gaines M. Foster

ISBN

820321303

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Abstract

In early 1865, the 5th United States Colored Troops, fresh from victory at Fort Fisher, moved north toward Wilmington, North Carolina, and attacked a Confederate force blocking its path. During the battle, a musket ball tore into the arm of Sergeant William Hannibal Thomas. The shot ended Thomas's c....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.2.2.7

Recommended Citation

Foster, Gaines M. (2000) "Deep Wounds: Scarred By Racism And War Injury, A Black Veteran Condemns His Race," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 2 : Iss. 2 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.2.2.7
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol2/iss2/7