{"product_id":"thomas-morris-chester-black-civil-war-correspondent-his-dispatches-from-the-virginia-front-paperback","title":"Thomas Morris Chester, Black Civil War Correspondent: His Dispatches from the Virginia Front - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eR. J. M. Blackett\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1864 the Philadelphia \u003ci\u003ePress\u003c\/i\u003e commissioned Thomas Morris Chester, son of an ex-slave to cover the activities of black troops on the Virginia front. The only black correspondent for a major daily during the Civil War, Chester covered the crucial final year of the war around Richmond. His dispatches constitute the most sustained and extensive first-hand account of black soldiers in existence. As the war came to a close, Chester richly described the responses of Confederate troops and civilians to encounters with black soldiers, as he joined the black troops of the 25th Army Corps as they led the victorious Union forces into Richmond. In this volume, R.J.M. Blackett provides a concise biography of Chester and reproduces in annotated form his Civil War dispatches, which are remarkable for their detail and their graphic accounts of the destruction, the excitement and the liberation of the Civil War experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eR. J. M. Blackett, \u003c\/b\u003e a professor of history at Indiana University, is author of \u003ci\u003eBuilding an Anti-Slavery Wall: Black Americans in the Atlantic Abolitionist Movement, 1830-1860, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eBeating Against the Barriers: Biographical Essays in Nineteenth-Century Afro-American History.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 392\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.08 x 8.99 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 01, 2001\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47467966497021,"sku":"9780306804533","price":31.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/emw0eXdhU3YwcVZHTHNJb3VLMkFrZz09.webp?v=1777281681","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/thomas-morris-chester-black-civil-war-correspondent-his-dispatches-from-the-virginia-front-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}