What Facets of His Troops' Attitudes Did Thomas Wentworth Higginson

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Essay

What facets of his troops' attitudes did Thomas Wentworth Higginson find noteworthy? For Higginson, why was the role of African American soldiers especially significant ("the pivot of the war")?

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