Black Southerners in Confederate armies : a collection of historical accounts / compiled & edited by J.H. Segars and Charles Kelly Barrow.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barrow, Charles Kelly.

Segars, J. H. (Joe Henry), 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History.

African Americans.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans.

United States.

African Americans--Confederate States of America.

African Americans--Confederate States of America--History--Sources.

United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans--Sources.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

iv, 222 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Pelican edition.

Place of Publication:

Gretna, La. : Pelican Press, 2007.

Summary:

The debate over the role of African Americans who served in Confederate armies has not subsided. Historians remain in disagreement over the numbers of Black Southerners involved and whether significant military contributions were made. Nevertheless, official records, newspaper articles, veterans' accounts, and other surviving documents suggest that large numbers of slaves and freed men served as southern allies-and, in some instances, as soldiers and sailors for the Confederacy.

For modern readers, the thought of African Americans serving within Confederate armies seems beyond comprehension and reason-and a paradox that contradicts all we thought we knew about the Civil War and the South. Readers will be intrigued by the little-known stories of these Black Confederates, collected here from a wide variety of reliable sources.

Contents:

I Encountering Black Confederates in History 1

II Reports and Correspondence from the Official Records 27

III Veteran Accounts 49

IV Confederate Pension Applications 73

V Historical Accounts 101

VI Newspaper Articles, 1861-1941 131

VII Southern Memorials, Markers, and Tributes 161

VIII Bivouac of the Dead: Published Obituaries and Reminiscences 183

IX Contemporary Prespectives 203.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781589804555

1589804554

OCLC:

122260709