Bibliograph

The flag never touched the ground, America's brave Black regiment in battle, Kekla Magoon with illustrations by Amerigo Pinelli

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Label

The flag never touched the ground, America's brave Black regiment in battle, Kekla Magoon with illustrations by Amerigo Pinelli

Language

eng

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

illustrationsmaps

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The flag never touched the ground

Responsibility statement

Kekla Magoon with illustrations by Amerigo Pinelli

Sub title

America's brave Black regiment in battle

Summary

In 1863, the US Civil War was raging. Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation had freed over 3.5 million African-American slaves, and now the Union Army began to recruit a second all-black regiment of soldiers to join the fight. As the struggle against the Confederate South raged on, the newly-formed 54th Massachusetts battalion prepared to attack the seemingly impregnable fortress of Fort Wagner. The odds were heavily against them; the fort had never been taken. America was watching them - and when the bugle sounded they marched towards the guns, flag held high

Target audience

juvenile

Classification