A Great Sacrifice: Northern Black Soldiers, Their Families, and the Experience of Civil War

"Offers readers new insight into the lives of African American men and women from the North in the era of the Civil War." -Liz Regosin, Charles A. Dana Professor of History, St. Lawrence University
A Great Sacrifice is an in-depth analysis of the effects of the Civil War on northern black families carried out using letters from northern black women-mothers, wives, sisters, and female family friends-addressed to a number of Union military officials.

Collectively, the letters give a voice to ...