Searching for black Confederates : the Civil War's most persistent myth / Kevin M. Levin.

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Levin, Kevin M, 1969- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextSeries: Civil War America (Series)Publisher: Chapel Hill : The University of North Carolina Press, [2019]Description: 1 online resourceContent type:

text

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computer

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online resource

ISBN:

9781469653280
1469653281
9781469653273
1469653273

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Searching for black Confederates.DDC classification:

973.7/415 23

LOC classification:

E585.A35 L48 2019eb
E585.A35 L48 2019

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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.

Summary: In addition to tracking the evolution of the black Confederate myth, this book 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 soldiers in racially integrated regiments, the author demonstrates that regardless of the dangers faced in camp, on the march and on the battlefield their legal status remained unchanged. Even long after the guns fell silent, Confederate veterans and other writers remembered these men as former slaves and not as soldiers. The author offers an important reminder that how the war is remembered often runs counter to history. -- Provided by publisher.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

In addition to tracking the evolution of the black Confederate myth, this book 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 soldiers in racially integrated regiments, the author demonstrates that regardless of the dangers faced in camp, on the march and on the battlefield their legal status remained unchanged. Even long after the guns fell silent, Confederate veterans and other writers remembered these men as former slaves and not as soldiers. The author offers an important reminder that how the war is remembered often runs counter to history. -- Provided by publisher.

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