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Book

Hold the flag high

Call Number

  • J 973.7 C (CEN)

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Edition

1st ed.

Publication Information

New York : Katherine Tegen Books, c2005.

Physical Description

1 v. (unpaged) : col. ill. ; 29 cm.

Audience

5-7.

Summary

Describes the Civil War battle of Morris Island, South Carolina, during which Sargeant William H. Carney became the first African American to earn a Congressional Medal of Honor by preserving the flag.

Notes

"Amistad."

Subjects

Added Authors

Shane Evans