One of those soldiers, Sergeant Richard Etheridge, narrates Faladé’s novel. In the early pages of David Wright Faladé’s new historical novel Black Cloud Rising, Wild makes clear to his men that this attempt will be different: “Sometimes, in order to be right, one must be infernal, and this we will be!”īlack Cloud Rising is a fictionalized portrayal of what was the largest military operation executed by the Union Army’s African Brigade, a force composed entirely of formerly enslaved men. Wild, who’d lost his left arm earlier in the war, to lead a successful fifth attempt. It would take a homeopathic doctor turned general named Edward A. Union forces had attempted to neutralize this threat in four previous forays, to no avail. In the fall of 1863, despite the Union Army’s success in conquering and maintaining control of tidewater Virginia and northeastern North Carolina, roving bands of Confederate sympathizers, bushwhackers, and Home Guard still bedeviled the American army. This month’s book is Black Cloud Rising by David Wright Faladé. Author Wiley Cash helms the newsletter, which includes older books with new relevance, new titles with timely appeal, reviews, author Q&As, and excerpts. The Assembly ’s monthly literary column highlights all things books in the Old North State.
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