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How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives

Title
How the slaves saw the Civil War : recollections of the war through the WPA slave narratives / Herbert C. Covey and Dwight Eisnach.
ISBN
9781440828232 (alk. paper)
1440828237 (alk. paper)
9781440828249 (ebook)
Publication
Santa Barbara, California : Praeger, an Imprint of ABC-CLIO, LLC, [2014]
Physical Description
xvi, 270 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 13, 2014
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-264) and index.
Contents
The Works Progress Administration narratives and the Civil War
Civil War living conditions for slaves
Ex-slave accounts of battles
Taking sides: acts of resistance and loyalty during the Civil War
Slave involvement with the union military
Slave involvement with the confederate military
The day the yankees came
How the slaves saw major figures of the war
Freedom and what came after.
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