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One Gallant Rush: Robert Gould Shaw and His Brave Black Regiment

'...written with authority & quiet power, this is the history of a period noted for sweeping action & resounding with the names of great men & women...The decisions they made & the things they did serve as dramatic counterpoint to a story that in the best sense of the term is grand.'—Saunders Redding

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Foreword

Acknowledgments

One Gallant Rush

Author's Note

Notes on Sources

Bibliography

Index

Setting
civil warUSA
Audience
adult
Length
short · 176 pages

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