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Uncommon Valor A Story of Race, Patriotism, and Glory in the Final Battles of the Civil War
Melvin Claxton

Tells the story of the contributions made by Sergeant Christian Fleetwood and other escaped slaves, ex-slaves,and freemen to the Union cause and how they overcame oppression, suspicion, and Confederate gunfire during the Battle of New Market Heights in 1864.