Uncommon valor : a story of race, patriotism, and glory in the final battles of the Civil War / Melvin Claxton and Mark Puls.

Author
Claxton, Melvin, 1958- [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
English
Published/​Created
Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, c2006.
Description
vii, 231 p. ; 23 cm.

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-217) and index.
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
  • The war ends.
ISBN
0471468231 (cloth)
LCCN
2005006842
OCLC
58478336
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