“…to manage a lumberyard…”
“…shoes on the oxen.”
“…Confederates and Yankees.”
“…the faint sound of bugles…”
“…candles flaring in the woods.”
“…the zip of musket balls…”
“…hitting the ground around you like hail…”
“…its entrails hanging out…”
“…what powder did to white folks.”
“…they cut down the trees of the forest…”
“…stand up on their stumps.”
“In Arkansas…”
“…nineteen bodies into a well…”
“…Lieutenant Colonel Maury…”
“…Commander Maury.”
“…conducting additional experiments…”
John Ogee
“…to manage a lumberyard…”
See “…they were all field hands,” above.
Entry dated March 1, 1862, from an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.
“…shoes on the oxen.”
Narrative of Horace Muse.
Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 216.
Horace Muse
“…Confederates and Yankees.”
Narrative of Candis Goodwin.
Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 109.
Candis Goodwin
“…the faint sound of bugles…”
Narrative of Adeline Blakeley.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 187.
Adeline Blakeley
“…candles flaring in the woods.”
Narrative of Louis Evans.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 4, Texas, p. 1312.
Louis Evans
“…the zip of musket balls…”
Narrative of Orelia Alexie Franks.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Texas Narratives, Vol. 2, p. 61.
Orelia Alexie Franks
“…hitting the ground around you like hail…”
Narrative of Rose Russell.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 1. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 9, Mississipp, p. 1904.
Rose Russell
“…its entrails hanging out…”
Narrative of Louis Evans.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 4, Texas, p. 1312.
Louis Evans
“…what powder did to white folks.”
Narrative of Liza Brown.
Perdue, C. L., Barden, T. E., & Phillips, R. K. (1997). Weevils in the wheat: Interviews with Virginia ex-slaves. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, p. 64.
Liza Brown
“…they cut down the trees of the forest…”
Narrative of Joseph William Carter.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Indiana Narratives, Vol. 1, p. 47.
Joseph William Carter
“…stand up on their stumps.”
Narrative of Louis Evans.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 4, Texas, p. 1312.
Louis Evans
“In Arkansas…”
Narrative of Adeline Blakeley.
Library of Congress. (2018). Slave narratives: A folk history of slavery in the U.S., Arkansas Narratives, Vol. 1, pp. 187-88.
“…nineteen bodies into a well…”
Narrative of John Ogee.
Rawick, G. P., Hillegas, J., & Lawrence, K. (1978). The American slave: A composite autobiography: supplement, series 2. Westport, Conn: Greenwood Pub, Vol. 8, Texas, p. 2975.
John Ogee
“…Lieutenant Colonel Maury…”
Copy of a letter from William L. Maury to Confederate Secretary of War J.P. Benjamin, February 8, 1862, included in an original log book of William L. Maury, in the possession of Russell Hooper, to whom I’m very grateful for his wisdom and his generosity with his substantial collection.
“…Commander Maury.”
Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 386.
“…conducting additional experiments…”
Williams, F. L. (1963). Matthew Fontaine Maury: Scientist of the sea. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press, p. 612, ft. #74.