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Brothers in Valor
Battlefield Stories of the 89 African Americans Awarded the Medal of Honor
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Brothers in Valor
Battlefield Stories of the 89 African Americans Awarded the Medal of Honor
About this book
During the Battle of Fort Wagner in 1863, Sgt. William Harvey Carney picked up the fallen flag from his lifeless comrade. He waved the flag for all of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry to see and led the way to the parapet to plant the colors. After Col. Robert Gould Shaw was mortally wounded, Carney inspired his infantry forward. Even after sustaining severe wounds, Carney proudly declared, “Boys, the old flag never touched the ground!” After this battle, Carney became the first African American to receive the Medal of Honor.
Since the American Civil War, scores of African Americans have served with great distinction. Through thousands of historical accounts, photographs, and documentary evidence, Robert Jefferson introduces the 89 black soldiers who continued forward when all odds were against them. The heroes within these pages faced certain death and definite danger without flinching.
Jefferson paints a vivid portrait of African-American soldiers who carried the flag of freedom and how they reshaped the very definition of courage under fire during some of the most harrowing moments in United States military history. In turn, their courage and determination left an indelible mark on the American portrait.
Since the American Civil War, scores of African Americans have served with great distinction. Through thousands of historical accounts, photographs, and documentary evidence, Robert Jefferson introduces the 89 black soldiers who continued forward when all odds were against them. The heroes within these pages faced certain death and definite danger without flinching.
Jefferson paints a vivid portrait of African-American soldiers who carried the flag of freedom and how they reshaped the very definition of courage under fire during some of the most harrowing moments in United States military history. In turn, their courage and determination left an indelible mark on the American portrait.
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Table of contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- CHAPTER 1: “For Honor, Duty, and Liberty”: Heroes of the Civil War (1862–1865)
- CHAPTER 2: Frontier Honor: Heroes of the Indian Wars (1867–1897)
- CHAPTER 3: “Honor to the Race”: Black Loyalists and the American Wars for Empire in Cuba and the Philippines (1898–1917)
- CHAPTER 4: Carrying the Banner of Hope: Heroes from the War to End All Wars (1917–1918)
- CHAPTER 5: Seizing the Hero’s Mantle: Heroes in World War II (1941–1945)
- CHAPTER 6: Cold War Civil Rights Warriors: The Korean War and Black Portraits of Bravery (1950–1953)
- CHAPTER 7: Soldiers in the Second Indochina War: The Vietnam War and Black Heroism under Fire (1965–1973)
- Epilogue: Keeping the Faith: Lessons of Black Heroism for Twenty-First-Century America
- Pantheon of Heroes
- Appendix
- Endnotes
- Photo Credits
- About the Author