Theses and Dissertations - UTB/UTPA
Date of Award
12-2006
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
History
First Advisor
Dr. Brian S. Butler
Second Advisor
Dr. Michael Faubion
Third Advisor
Dr. Charles V. Waite
Abstract
The Louisiana Native Guards are an appropriate topic for the study of the relationship between gender and race in Civil War era America. After Louisiana seceded in 1861, free men of color from New Orleans began an odyssey that led them to fight on both sides of the conflict. They eventually became the first black regiment mustered into the United States military and the only one to have black officers.
This study will attempt to demonstrate how the men of the Louisiana Native Guard helped redefine the nineteenth century ideas of manliness. Through their soldiering these men demonstrated qualities associated with manliness: courage, loyalty, and self discipline. The Louisiana Native Guard was an important military unit because their service helped change the federal governmental policy that barred African Americans from serving in the army. Furthermore, their service helped redefine American gender and racial identities.
Granting Institution
University of Texas-Pan American
Comments
Copyright 2006 Jeremy B. Taylor. All Rights Reserved.
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