Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen : reminiscences of the Civil War, with special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi Valley / by John Eaton ; in collaboration with Ethel Osgood Mason ; edited by Micheal J. Larson and John David Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eaton, John, 1829-1906, author.

Contributor:

Mason, Ethel Osgood, contributor.

Larson, Micheal J., editor.

Smith, John David, editor.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Series:

Voices of the Civil War series

Voices of the Civil War

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Eaton, John, 1829-1906.

Eaton, John.

Grant, Ulysses S. (Ulysses Simpson), 1822-1885.

Grant, Ulysses S.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865--Anecdotes.

Lincoln, Abraham.

Freed persons.

Mississippi River Valley--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.

Mississippi River Valley.

United States. Office of Education--Biography.

United States.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.

United States. Office of Education.

Genre:

Anecdotes.

Biographies.

History.

Physical Description:

xciv, 338 pages : maps, portraits ; 24 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Other Title:

Reminiscences of the Civil War, with special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi Valley

Place of Publication:

Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]

Summary:

"This memoir is an annotated reprint of a book that was originally published in 1907. Its principal author, John Eaton (1829-1906), was a chaplain in Ulysses S. Grant's army who as early as 1862 was charged by Grant with setting up contraband camps for fleeing slaves. Eaton eventually became general superintendent of contrabands for the Department of the Tennessee, and his approach to humanitarian aid and educational efforts, even as war was raging, was one of the first systematic attempts to deal with how newly freed people would be assimilated into the Union as citizens following the war. Later, Eaton's efforts would be the basis for the Freedman's Bureau and its mandate to bring newly freed slaves into American society"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-322) and index.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Online version: Eaton, John, 1829- Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen

ISBN:

9781621906575

1621906574

OCLC:

1292532979