James H. Bruns

Black Sailors in the Civil War

A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels

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Produktbeschreibung

Thousands of Black sailors served with valor during the Civil War. Yet few histories have highlighted their contributions to the Union's impressive 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.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 248
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2023
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9781476690544
• ISBN-10: 1476690545
• Artikelnr.: 72093794

Autorenporträt

During his 35-year federal and not-for-profit career James H. Bruns has served as Director of the Department of the Navy's Museum System, with administrative oversight of the Navy's nine national Museums. He lives in Lorton, Virginia.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Introduction
1.
"That will do": Towards Freedom
2.
Runaways
3.
Robert Smalls
4.
Northern Black Mariners
5.
Recruiting in Major Cities
6.
Welcome to the Navy
7.
The Need for Army Contrabands and Its Fleet
8.
From Overseers to Boatswains Mates
9.
Blue-Water Black Bluejackets 10.
Brown-Water Black Bluejackets 11.
The Great Exodus in 1862 and 1863 12.
Seizing the Lower Mississippi: David Farragut, the Minority Flag Officer 13.
Capturing the Upper Mississippi: Andrew Hull Foote, the Union's Pious Sailor 14.
Vicksburg: The Gibraltar of the Confederacy 15.
Prizes and Problems Along the Red River 16.
Coffee 17.
The Safest Service 18.
Marked Passing 19.
Black Bluejacket Valor 20.
The Union Navy's War on Salt 21.
Mobile Bay 22.
The Union's Starships 23.
The Aftermath Chapter Notes Bibliography Index