Searching for black Confederates : the Civil War's most persistent myth /

In addition to tracking the evolution of the black Confederate myth, Levin explores the roles that African Americans performed in the army with a particular focus on the relationship between officers and their personal body servants or camp slaves. In contrast to claims that these men served as sold...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levin, Kevin M., 1969- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]
Series:	Civil War America (Series)
Subjects:	Confederate States of America. > Army > African American troops. African Americans > Confederate States of America. Slaves > Confederate States of America. African American soldiers > History > 19th century. United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Participation, African American.

Table of Contents:

The camp slaves' war
Camp slaves on the battlefield
Camp slaves and the lost cause
Camp slaves and pensions
Turning camp slaves into black Confederate soldiers
Black Confederates on the front lines of the Civil War sesquicentennial.