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Confederates' 'slave hunt' in North a military disgrace
June 30, 2013 12:16 am
Library of Congress
This illustration, captioned "Negroes Driven South by Rebel Officers," appeared in Harper's Weekly for Nov. 8, 1862. The purpose of the roundup, which occurred near Leesburg, Va., in early November 1862, was to move the enslaved people farther south as Union forces approached, the editor wrote.
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By Frank Reeves / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In June 1863, when Brig. Gen. Albert Jenkins' cavalry, in the vanguard of the Confederate army, galloped into Pennsylvania, its aim wasn't only to spy and steal supplies.
The soldiers were also determined, as historian Margaret Creighton notes, to round up African-Americans, whom the Confederates regarded as "contraband" that should be returned to "rightful" owners.
The "slave hunt," as contemporaries and later historians called this phase of the Confederate invasion, would last as long as Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia remained in Pennsylvania. It ended only when the defeated Southern troops retreated back to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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June 30, 2013 12:16 am
Library of Congress
This illustration, captioned "Negroes Driven South by Rebel Officers," appeared in Harper's Weekly for Nov. 8, 1862. The purpose of the roundup, which occurred near Leesburg, Va., in early November 1862, was to move the enslaved people farther south as Union forces approached, the editor wrote.
For the rest: http://www.post-gazette.com/stories...ave-hunt-in-north-a-military-disgrace-693717/
By Frank Reeves / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
In June 1863, when Brig. Gen. Albert Jenkins' cavalry, in the vanguard of the Confederate army, galloped into Pennsylvania, its aim wasn't only to spy and steal supplies.
The soldiers were also determined, as historian Margaret Creighton notes, to round up African-Americans, whom the Confederates regarded as "contraband" that should be returned to "rightful" owners.
The "slave hunt," as contemporaries and later historians called this phase of the Confederate invasion, would last as long as Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia remained in Pennsylvania. It ended only when the defeated Southern troops retreated back to Virginia after the Battle of Gettysburg.
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