The Negro in the Civil War Author:Benjamin Quarles "The Negro in the Civil War has for many years been an important and necessary part of the large library of Civil War histories. Benjamin Quarles, noted educator, historian and author of Frederick Douglas, has now written a new introduction to this story of the vital role played by Negroes in the Civil War--as soldiers and scouts, spies and pro... more »pagandists, nurses and homefront defenders, abolitionist crusaders and workers inthe Underground Railroad"« less