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I recently listened to "We Look Like Men of War" by William R. Forstchen (narrated by Andrew L. Barnes)
This is a YA book about a young slave,Sam Washburn, who escapes from Kentucky to Indiana, joins an Indiana U.S.C.T. regiment as a drummer, and fights at the Battle of the Crater. Sadly, there's not much fiction available about black troops in the Civil War. I found this book very moving.
Forstchen has a history Ph.D. from Purdue and his doctoral thesis was "The 28th USCTs: Indiana's African-Americans go to War, 1863–1865", so I believe it can be taken as an accurate portrayal.
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