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Black sailors in the Civil War : a history of fugitives, freemen and freedmen aboard Union vessels
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Title
Black sailors in the Civil War : a history of fugitives, freemen and freedmen aboard Union vessels / James H. Bruns.
ISBN
9781476690544
1476690545
9781476648392
Publication
Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2023]
Physical Description
viii, 238 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Summary
"Thousands of black sailors served with valor during the Civil War. Yet few histories have highlighted their significant contributions to the Union's impressive string of naval victories throughout the war, which prompted Lincoln's Secretary of the Navy, Gideon Welles, to declare that if the army could not win the war, the navy would have to. Drawing on official naval records, personal letters and journals, and oral histories of formerly enslaved Americans, this volume documents the service of fugitive, freemen and freed black sailors, 1861-1865"-- Provided by publisher.
Variant and related titles
History of fugitives, freemen and freedmen aboard Union vessels
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
September 12, 2023
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
"That will do": Towards Freedom
Runaways
Robert Smalls
Northern Black Mariners
Recruiting in Major Cities
Welcome to the Navy
The Need for Army Contrabands and Its Fleet
From Overseers to Boatswains Mates
Blue-Water Black Bluejackets
Brown-Water Black Bluejackets
The Great Exodus in 1862 and 1863
Seizing the Lower Mississippi: David Farragut,
the Minority Flag Officer
Capturing the Upper Mississippi: Andrew Hull
Foote, the Union's Pious Sailor
Vicksburg: The Gibraltar of the Confederacy
Prizes and Problems Along the Red River
Coffee
The Safest Service
Marked Passing
Black Bluejacket Valor
The Union Navy's War on Salt
Mobile Bay
The Union's Starships
The Aftermath.
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