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Introduction 1
1 "These Unjust ... Distinctions Ought to Be Abolished": African American Militia Units during the Civil War 6
2 "Strong, Healthy, Well-Developed Men": The Kansas State Militia and National Guard during the Gilded Age 32
3 "Ready for Any Emergency That May Require Their Services": The Black Militia Companies in Topeka and Lawrence 48
4 "De Snidest Capting in de State": Black Martial Spirit in Wyandotte, Olathe, and Atchison 74
5 "We Ask Your Approval": The Reserve Militia Companies in Topeka and Leavenworth 98
6 "So Near the Acme of Perfection": The Independent Companies in Kansas City and Wichita 132
7 "We Have the Number and the Right Kind of Men for the Business": Black Kansans and the Spanish-American War 152
Conclusions: "Their Success Is Ours" 177
Appendix: The Officers of Kansas's Black Companies 191
Index 195
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Ray Carnell
reviewed The Black Citizen-Soldiers of Kansas, 1864-1901 on December 26, 2008
The Black Citizen-Soldiers of Kansas, 1864-1901
Davy Crocket was such an impressive man that, after being executed soon after the Battle of the Alamo, he was still able to include details of the battle in his own retrospective autobiography. I'm guessing a ghostwriter or two had a hand here.
Irregardless, the frontiersman of American legend and lore lays out his life in a very homespun, fireside style recollectin'. Highly enjoyable stuff here! Old-timey yarn after old-timey yarn is woven into as colorful a tapestry as you could hope for from a mostly illiterate backcountry man of his own making.
His Own Story (which I think was titled My Own Story early on) starts with Crocket's boyhood and upbringing. This is just as interesting as the battles and woodsman stories of his later life, as it gives the reader a deeper understanding of what made the man.
No matter the age through out the timeline of Crocket's life, his descriptions are sparing but adequate. His narrative often merely touches upon a subject or whole swath of an age, but once he gets into a story, he gets into it! Lively accounts of battles with the Indians and 600lb bears are relayed with so much excitement it's as good as watching a movie!
Highly recommended to those already interested in this interesting man!
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