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African-American Soldiers in the U.S. Civil War
The following sources are recommended by a college dean whose research specialty is African-American soldiers during the Civil War.

Six Superlative Sources

· Berry, Marry F. "Negro Troops in Blue and Gray: The Louisiana Native Guards, 1861-1863," Louisiana History, VIII (1967), 165-90.

· Glatthaar, Joseph T. Forged in Battle: The Civil War Alliance of Black Soldiers and White Officers. Free Press, 1990; Louisiana State University Press, 2000.

· Hollandsworth, James G. The Louisiana Native Guards: The Black Military Experience during the Civil War. Louisiana State University Press, 1995.

· Hollandsworth, James G. The Louisiana Native Guards. http://www2.netdoor.com/~jgh/

· Ochs, Stephen J. A Black Patriot and a White Priest: André Cailloux and Claude Paschal Maistre in Civil War New Orleans. Louisiana State University Press, 2000.

· Weaver, C.P., ed. Thank God My Regiment an African One: The Civil War Diary of Colonel Nathan W. Daniels. Louisiana State University Press, 1998.

Other Excellent Sources

· Glatthaar, Joseph T. "The Civil War through the Eyes of a Sixteen-Year-Old Black Officer: The Letters of Lieutenant John H. Crowder of the 1st Louisiana Native Guards," Louisiana History, XXXV (1994), 201-16.

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