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Download or read book Thank God My Regiment an African One written by Clare P. Weaver and published by LSU Press. This book was released on 2000-03 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The diary also provides never-before-published pictures from wartime Ship Island, including photographs of members of Daniels' regiment, visiting ship captains, and Major Francis E. Dumas - the highest-ranking black officer to see combat during the war. A superb resource in themselves, these photographs will fascinate Civil War enthusiasts. The first published personal narrative by a regimental commander of free black troops, Thank God My Regiment an African One offers a unique glimpse into the daily lives of white leaders of the earliest black soldiers.