Certainly.= Check out the well-known book, BLACKS IN BLUE & GRAY by the late Professor H. R. Blackerby, formerly of the Morehouse College & Arkansas AM&N University Departments of History for more on Black Confederates. - The prof also taught “a few months” at Jarvis Christian College before his untimely passing.= I’m told that his private papers & unpublished notes are in the JCC Library but have not had time to go to Hawkins, TX to look for/read his papers.
(As far as I know, the book is currently “out-of-print” but it is available from Inter-Library Loan & sometimes from Amazon.com or ebay.com.)
Note: I donated my copy of his book to our university’s library but it is now “missing & presumed destroyed or stolen”.
You may also want to check-out the archived issues from the late 19th & early 20th century of THE CONFEDERATE VETERAN magazine. - Especially look for photos from CSA Reunions where there are NUMEROUS Black veterans, often in uniform, among the CSA reunion members.
Yours, TMN78247
Thanks. I checked it out on Amazon, and the second of the two customer reviews complained about the relative lack of space in the book devoted to the CSA side https://www.amazon.com/Black-Blue-Gray-African-Americans/dp/0689806558
That said, a few paragraphs can tell a tremendous amount. The Mississippi Sables sound absolutely fascinating, and I’d love to pick up some sort of memorabilia relating to them as a conversation piece.
If I buy it, it will be on the strength of your recommendation.
History is both complicated and nuanced—getting people to appreciate that can be challenging.
Thanks.
Not to be confused with H.C. Blackerby, who also wrote a book called Blacks in Blue and Gray, but who wasn't a college professor but was instead a former comic book publisher.