Includes bibliographical references (pages 155-159) and index.
"This is a white man's war" -- "Men of color, to arms!" -- "The colored man's flag" -- "I shall burn this town" -- "Praise from a thousand homes" -- "Tonight we'll sleep in Wagner" -- "One gallant rush" -- "You are United States soldiers" -- "Are we soldiers or are we LABOURERS?" -- "History records a noble deed" --"Keeping step to freedom's drumbeat" -- Epilogue: "The battle cry of freedom."