Uncommon valor
Subtitle: the exploit of the New Market Heights Medal of Honor winners
By: Melvin Claxton and Mark Puls.
Contributors: Puls, Mark, 1963-
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 231
Subjects: United States. Army -- African American troops -- Biography.; United States. Army -- African American troops -- History -- 19th century.; United States. Army -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865.; African American soldiers -- Biography.; Medal of Honor -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Participation, African American.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.
Genres: Biography.
Description: The gripping saga of the band of black soldiers who helped turn the tide of war After much agonizing, Christian Fleetwood, a free 23-year-old black man living in Baltimore during the Civil War, made a momentous and difficult decision: he enlisted. Uncommon Valor tells the dramatic story of Fleetwood and the other black farmers, laborers, and tradesmen who bravely risked their lives to end slavery and win respect for their race at a time when much of America shunned them. When the country that oppressed and despised them called them to serve, they became heroes of the highest order. Many of the events in this powerful tale of war, heroism, and liberation are seen through the eyes of those who lived through them, thanks to the detailed letters and diaries they left behind. Melvin Claxton (Detroit, MI), a Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, and Mark Puls (Detroit, MI) are both investigative reporters with the Detroit News. -- Publishers description.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The bell tolls : a call for Black troops; title: Christian Fleetwood enlists; title: The first mission; title: Ready and willing : the Cincinnati Brigade; title: Hunting guerillas and bushwhackers in North Carolina; title: Early skirmishes : raids on Richmond; title: Avenging an ambush; title: To the front : storming Petersburg; title: The fog of war : the Petersburg mine explosion; title: The price of honor : heroics at New Market Heights.