Duckett and his hard-riding regiment roam the Mississippi Delta, freeing slaves and keeping vital waterways open for the Union. When Duckett escapes his life of bondage to become a cavalry scout, he grows to be more than a free man - he becomes a hero. Inspired by the true story of a black cavalry unit in Mississippi, renowned African-American historian Allen Ballard weaves factual events with the fictional account of an escaped slave, Joe Duckett, who flees to join the Northern Arm. For the first time in fiction, their experiences are successfully portrayed in a manner befitting the grandeur and scope of their contributions. Many were escaped slaves, others were freed men yet all voluntarily enlisted for one cause: freedom. Throughout the war, more than 180,000 African-American men fought for the Union Army. FROM THE PUBLISHER - WHERE I'M BOUND, a stunning and engaging Civil War novel, is the first work of fiction to focus solely on the soldiers of an African-American regiment.
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