Black Sailors in the Civil War

A History of Fugitives, Freemen and Freedmen Aboard Union Vessels

James H. Bruns (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

246 Seiten

2023
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-9054-4 (ISBN)

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Thousands of black sailors served with valour during the Civil War. Yet few histories have highlighted their significant contributions to the Union’s naval victories. Drawing on naval records, letters and journals, and oral histories of formerly enslaved Americans, this volume documents the service of fugitive, freemen and freed black sailors.

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.

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.

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

Erscheinungsdatum	31.10.2022
Zusatzinfo	65 photos, notes, bibliography, index
Verlagsort	Jefferson, NC
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	322 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-4766-9054-5 / 1476690545
ISBN-13	978-1-4766-9054-4 / 9781476690544
Zustand	Neuware