Thank God My Regiment an African One: The Civil War Diary of Colonel Nathan W. Daniels

By C.P. Weaver and Nathan W. Daniels

Book Overview

This is the diary of Colonel Nathan W. Daniels, who was the white commanding officer of a black regiment, during the American Civil War. It reveals the military prejudice in the Civil War and offers an insight into the daily lives of white leaders of the earliest black soldiers.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0807122424
• ISBN13: 9780807122426
• Release Date: June 1998
• Publisher: Louisiana State Univ Pr
• Length: 214 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

A much needed history

I have been researching Louisiana and the Native Corps for anything on Major Francis Dumas. He is on cover of book with Mr. Daniels. I like that the author included alot of backround info on Daniels and the people he wrote about in his diary. It is great to hear actual words about how well the Black Troops fought in the Civil War. A much needed history.

Thank God, Ms. Weaver got this published!

A welcome addition to CW sources. Weaver does an excellent job filling in the background and the epilogue. The actual diary takes up less than half the pages, but they are intriguing nonetheless. Daniels is a true hero toiling in the heat and humidity of the Gulf Coast against the prejudice of other Union officers and soldiers. He can be inspiring at times.