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Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen : reminiscences of the Civil War, with special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi Valley

Title
Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen : reminiscences of the Civil War, with special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi Valley / by John Eaton ; in collaboration with Ethel Osgood Mason ; edited by Micheal J. Larson and John David Smith.
Author
Eaton, John, 1829-1906
Publication
Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]

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Additional Authors
  • Mason, Ethel Osgood
  • Larson, Micheal J.
  • Smith, John David
Description
xciv, 338 pages : maps, portraits; 24 cm.
Summary
"This memoir is an annotated reprint of a book that was originally published in 1907. Its principal author, John Eaton (1829-1906), was a chaplain in Ulysses S. Grant's army who as early as 1862 was charged by Grant with setting up contraband camps for fleeing slaves. Eaton eventually became general superintendent of contrabands for the Department of the Tennessee, and his approach to humanitarian aid and educational efforts, even as war was raging, was one of the first systematic attempts to deal with how newly freed people would be assimilated into the Union as citizens following the war. Later, Eaton's efforts would be the basis for the Freedman's Bureau and its mandate to bring newly freed slaves into American society"--
Series Statement
Voices of the Civil War
Uniform Title
Voices of the Civil War series.
Alternative Title
Reminiscences of the Civil War, with special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi Valley
Subject
  • Eaton, John, 1829-1906
  • Grant, Ulysses S. 1822-1885
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 > Anecdotes
  • Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
  • United States. Office of Education > Biography
  • United States. Office of Education
  • 1861-1865
  • Abolitionists > United States > History
  • Freed persons
  • Slavery > United States > History
  • African Americans > Mississippi River Valley > History
  • Abolitionists
  • Slavery
  • African Americans
  • Mississippi River Valley > History > Civil War, 1861-1865
  • Mississippi River Valley
  • United States
Genre/Form
  • Anecdotes.
  • Biographies.
  • History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-322) and index.
Call Number
Sc E 23-312
ISBN
  • 9781621906575
  • 1621906574
  • 9781621906582 (canceled/invalid)
LCCN
2022001028
OCLC
1292532979
Author
Eaton, John, 1829-1906, author.
Title
Grant, Lincoln and the Freedmen : reminiscences of the Civil War, with special reference to the work for the contrabands and freedmen of the Mississippi Valley / by John Eaton ; in collaboration with Ethel Osgood Mason ; edited by Micheal J. Larson and John David Smith.
Publisher
Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022]
Edition
First edition.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Series
Voices of the Civil War
Voices of the Civil War series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages [301]-322) and index.
Chronological Term
1861-1865
Added Author
Mason, Ethel Osgood, contributor.
Larson, Micheal J., editor.
Smith, John David, editor.
Other Form:
Online version: Eaton, John, 1829- Grant, Lincoln, and the Freedmen Knoxville : The University of Tennessee Press, [2022] 9781621906582 (DLC) 2022001029
Research Call Number
Sc E 23-312
JFE 22-3565
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