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Embattled Freedom Journeys Through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps by Amy Murrell Taylor

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CIVIL WAR AMERICA Peter S. Carmichael, Caroline E. Janney, and Aaron Sheehan-Dean, editors This landmark series interprets broadly the history and culture of the Civil War era through the long nine... teenth century and beyond. Drawing on diverse approaches and methods, the series publishes historical works that explore all aspects of the war, biographies of leading commanders, and tactical and campaign studies, along with select editions of primary sources. Together, these books shed new light on an era that remains central to our understanding of American and world history.Embattled Freedom Journeys through the Civil War’s Slave Refugee Camps AMY MURRELL TAYLOR THE UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA PRESS Chapel HillThis book was published with financial support from the University of Kentucky College of Arts and Sciences and Department of History and with the assistance of the John Hope Franklin Fund of the University of North Carolina Press. © 2018 Amy Murrell Taylor All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America Designed by Jamison Cockerham Set in Arno, Trattatello, Scala Sans, Archive Antiqua by Tseng Information Systems, Inc. Front cover: Camp Nelson Refugee Home, courtesy of the Camp Nelson Photographic Collection, Special Collections Research Center, University of Kentucky. Back cover: the Mill Creek settlement in 1864, courtesy of the Library of Congress. The University of North Carolina Press has been a member of the Green Press Initiative since 2003. LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING-IN-PUBLICATION DATA Names: Taylor, Amy Murrell, author. Title: Embattled freedom : journeys through the Civil War’s slave refugee camps / Amy Murrell Taylor. Other titles: Civil War America (Series) Description: Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2018] | Series: Civil War America | Includes bibliographical references and index. Identifiers: LCCN 2018020213 | ISBN 9781469643625 (cloth : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781469643632 (ebook) Subjects: LCSH: United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—African Americans. | Slaves— Emancipation—United States. | United States—History—Civil War, 1861–1865—Refugees. | Refugee camps—Southern States—History—19th century. | United States. Army—History—Civil War, 1861–1865. Classification: LCC E453 .T18 2018 | DDC 973.7/115—dc23 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018020213for Scott1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 contents Acknowledgments Prologue Introduction Edward and Emma Whitehurst in Slavery Securing Work Finding Shelter Confronting Removal Eliza Bogan in Slavery Facing Combat Battling Hunger Clothing Bodies Gabriel Burdett in Slavery Keeping Faith Grappling with Loss Epilogue Notes Bibliography Indexfigures 1. “Erecting Stockade at Newport News,” Frank Leslie’s 2. “Stampede of Slaves from Hampton to Fortress Monroe,” Harper’s Weekly 3. Refugee tents in Harpers Ferry 4. Sibley tents occupied by freed people in Richmond 5. “The Camp of the Contrabands on the Banks of the Mississippi,” Frank Leslie’s 6. Refugee housing at Helena 7. Mill Creek (“Slabtown”) settlement 8. Plan for Freedman’s Village 9. Diagram of Mitchelville 10. Family dwellings in the settlement of Mitchelville [Show More]

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