A History of the Negro Troops in the War of the Rebellion, 1861–1865

[1] Carter G. Woodson called it "one of the most valuable accounts of the Civil War.

[3] Williams has been described as "the finest black prose stylist of his day" and his History showcases this skill.

[4] Williams' book has been called the most important of a trio of histories of 19th-century African-American military histories written by black authors, alongside Williams Wells Brown's The Negro in the American Rebellion and Joseph T. Wilson's The Black Phalanx.

[2] The creation of the book is considered a part of the "birth of black studies.

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