Like men of war / Trudeau, Noah Andre

Recounts the complete, battle-by-battle history of black soldiers in the Civil War, beginning with the first unofficial ex-slave regiments and the push to organize all-black federal regiments.

A combat history of black troops in the Civil War, drawing from articles that appeared in two Civil War-era black newspapers, as well as service and pension records, letters, and other documents to provide an account of some of the 449 separate engagements in which black soldiers took part.