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Author:

Levin, Kevin M., 1969- author.

Title:

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

Publisher:

The University of North Carolina Press,

Copyright Date:

2019

Description:

228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

Subject:

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--Participation, African American.--Civil War, 1861-1865--Participation, African American.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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, 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 soldiers in racially integrated regiments, Levin 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. Levin offers an important reminder that how the war is remembered often runs counter to history"-- Provided by publisher.

Series:

Civil War America

ISBN:

1469653265
9781469653266

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1085577277

LCCN:

2019002919

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

TDPH826 -- Davenport Public Library (Davenport)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

UGPF911 -- Indianola Public Library (Indianola)

CAPH522 -- Iowa City Public Library (Iowa City)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)