Valuska, "The Negro in the Union Navy, 1861 - 1865" (Ph.D. See Herbert Aptheker, "The Negro in the Union Navy," Journal of Negro History 32 (April 1947): 179.ģ. Wiley's classics are The Life of Johnny Reb (1947), and The Life of Billy Yank (1952).Ģ. Louis University) departs radically from traditional interpretations of Civil War sailors. Bennett's recently completed study, "Union Jacks: The Common Yankee Sailor of the American Civil War, 1861 - 1865" (Ph.D. Merrill, "Men, Monotony, and Mouldy Beans- Life on Board Civil War Blockaders," American Neptune 16 (January 1956): 49 - 59. 2: Confederate Tars." Civil War Times Illustrated (February 1983): 24 - 39 (Mar. Exceptions to this rule are the publications of William Still, Jr., particularly "The Civil War's Uncommon Man: The Common Sailor. Thanks also to the National Endowment for the Humanities for support through a fellowship for university teachers.ġ. Southwood, James Peckham Stephens, Robert T. I am grateful to Rebecca Livingston, Richard Peuser, and Michael Musick at the National Archives, and to the following students and graduates of Howard University for research assistance: Roger A. National Park Service under Cooperative Agreement No. The research was made possible through a partnership among Howard University, the U.S.
Louis University for particularly careful readings of the manuscript. I owe special thanks to Christopher McKee of Grinnell College and Michael J. I am grateful to Scott Forsythe and Glenn Longacre in Chicago and Nan Woodruff, William Blair, and Benjamin DeGrow in State College for their hospitality and insightful comments. ReidyĮarlier versions of this article benefited from comments by a number of persons at the Great Lakes Regional Naval History Symposium in Chicago and at the History Department Seminar at the Pennsylvania State University. Black Men in Navy Blue During the Civil War, Part 3įall 2001, Vol.
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