Uncommon valor : a story of race, patriotism, and glory in the final battles of the Civil War

Title
Uncommon valor : a story of race, patriotism, and glory in the final battles of the Civil War

Author
Claxton, Melvin, 1958-

ISBN
9780471468233

Publication Information
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley, c2006.

Physical Description
231 p. ; 23 cm.

Contents
The bell tolls : a call for Black troops -- Christian Fleetwood enlists -- The first mission -- Ready and willing : the Cincinnati Brigade -- Hunting guerillas and bushwhackers in North Carolina -- Early skirmishes : raids on Richmond -- Avenging an ambush -- To the front : storming Petersburg -- The fog of war : the Petersburg mine explosion -- The price of honor : heroics at New Market Heights.

Corporate Subject
United States. Army -- African American troops -- Biography.
 
United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century.
 
United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.

Subject Term
African American soldiers -- Biography.
 
Medal of Honor -- Biography.

Geographic Term
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
 
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.
 
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.

Added Author
Puls, Mark, 1963-


LibraryCall NumberStatus
Hardwood Creek Library (Forest Lake)920 CLANonfiction Collection