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Putting a New Face On a Confederate Past

Another good story about John Wayne Holland and others rediscovering their Southern roots.

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In the book, Life in Rebel Prisons the author was imprisoned at Andersonville. The book was published in 1865 and the author stated clearly that the black Union prisoners of war were treated better than the white Yankees. The black prisoners of war were given ample food and allowed to venture outside of the prison in groups when the white pow's were not offered the same priveledges. Since the book was published in 1865 it is considered a primary source and flies in the face of current history book diatribes against the South. McPherson would never use this as a source for any of his works since it does not fit his agenda.

[Non-Sequitur]

He told a WPA historian in 1936 about 400 Union prisoners of war who were marched through Chatham to prisons in Danville.

I wonder why he wasn't included in the Slave Narratives then.