CSPAN3 The Civil War April 18, 2015
Makes the case of the number of men from slave states that wore blue uniforms gave a decisive edge to the union in the end. He finds 450 thousand men from slave states were union blue. This is a new framework for thinking about the war. Lets talk a little bit about men in the ranks and give some examples to the audience of some of these troops and their stories. Prof. Gannon there are so many. One of the things people have no idea is how many medal of honor winners there were among colored troops there were 14 in one battle. Christian fleetwood was one of those medal of honor winners. Robert p...