We Look Like Men of War, William R. Forstchen
We Look Like Men of War, William R. Forstchen
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We Look Like Men of War

Author: William R. Forstchen

Narrator: Andrew Barnes

Unabridged: 6 hr 10 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/01/2006

Synopsis

From the bestselling author of The Lost Regiment series comes this factually based narrative of the black military experience in the Civil War. I was born a slave, as was my father before me, but I shall die a free man. Thus begins the poignant story of Samuel Washburn, born a slave in 1850. A young masters cruelty leads to an unforeseen confrontation, which results in Sam and his cousin fleeing the plantation for their lives. They run north to freedom, only to return south to fight for the greater cause. Though still a boy, Sam becomes a regimental drummer with a colored regiment and sees action in the Wilderness campaign at Fredericksburg and Petersburg, as well as at the bloody Battle of the Crater in July of 1864. Sams voice offers a unique and insightful perspective on the carnage of the War between the States and the toll it took on both young and old, black and white.

About William R. Forstchen

William R. Forstchen is the author of the New York Times bestseller One Second After and We Look Like Men of War, among numerous other books in diverse subjects ranging from history to science fiction. He has co-authored several books with Newt Gingrich, including Gettysburg: A Novel of the Civil War, Pearl Harbor, Days of Infamy, To Try Men’s Souls and Valley Forge. Forstchen holds a Ph.D. in History from Purdue University, with specializations in military history and the history of technology. He is currently a Faculty Fellow and Professor of History at Montreat College, near Asheville North Carolina. He is a pilot and flies an original WWII recon "warbird." He resides near Asheville with his daughter Meghan.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Wenzel

A historical fiction story about a colored regiment fighting in the Civil War. The author did an excellent job I feel very humble after reading this book.......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

I've read a fair amount of historical fiction, but I think this is the first book I have read about the black regiments in the Civil War. The story is told through the eyes of Sam Washburn who was born as a slave and escapes with his cousin to the North and then joins the Union Army. He is too young......more

Goodreads review by Derek

Another great book by Forstchen. The dramatized retelling of historical events through the eyes of an escaped slave fighting for the Union in the Civil War is not just entertaining, but also enlightening.......more

Goodreads review by Yael

This is the story of Samuel Washburn, born a slave in 1850. After the death of his master, Mr. Washburn, the terrible death of Sam's own father, and the loss of Sam's mother, who was sold down the river to a different state, his world began to fall apart. His late master's son's cruelty culminated i......more

Goodreads review by Cj

The largest explosion in America occurred during the Civil War, at Petersburg, in 1864. This had lasted until the first atomic bomb was dropped during the closing years of World War II. William R. Forsychen has taken a Civil War veteran, named Samuel Washburn, and recounts his story of this event as......more

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