A Black corps d'élite an Egyptian Sudanese conscript battalion with the French Army in Mexico, 1863-1867, and its survivors in subsequent African history - Hill, Richard Leslie (Michigan State University Press, 1995)
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Includes bibliographical references and index
""Contents""; ""Illustrations, Maps, Plans""; ""Preface and Acknowledgements""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Summary Concordance of Military Ranks obtaining in 1863-1867""; ""Some Contemporary Ottoman Honorifics""; ""1. Background to the Egyptian Sudanese Presence in Mexico""; ""2. The Voyage to Veracruz""; ""3. Acclimatization, 1863""; ""4. War in 1864""; ""5. War and Weariness in 1865""; ""6. Mutiny of the Relief Battalion in the Sudan""; ""7. A Diplomatic Confrontation: the Government of the United States versus the Sudanese Battalion""; ""8. War in 1866""; ""9. The Mission Completed""
""10. The Voyage Home""""11. The Veterans from Mexico in African History""; ""Appendix 1 . The ContrÃ?le Nominatif (Battalion Nominal Roll) with Brief Records of Service""; ""Appendix 2. Other Sources Used""; ""Index""